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After the Darién

Venezuelan migrant children and the mental health journey they face When Texas sent buses of displaced migrants north to sanctuary cities, it was a political move. But there were real people aboard, including thousands of children who had been through significant trauma. How were cities responding to their mental health needs? Chicago Health, along with […]

Table Tennis Offers Powerful Play for Parkinson’s

Paddle and ball representing table tennis as a treatment to combat Parkinson's disease

A novel program at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital and Edgewater Fitness Center  is helping people with Parkinson’s disease improve mobility and social connections: ping-pong, formally known as table tennis. The program began in late 2023 as a collaboration between Mike DeBartolo, who has had Parkinson’s for more than a decade, and Linda Egan, the Parkinson’s […]