Tag Archive: #health

3 Ways Good Friends Can Help Us Feel Healthier

We’ve all felt it — talking with or spending time with a good friend gives us an emotional boost. But did you know having a good friend can improve our physical health, too? With the often-over-use of social media, real [read more...]

Count to Five for a Healthier Lifestyle

Helping your child learn healthy habits that last a lifetime could be as easy as counting to five. The 5-2-1-0 healthy habit rule encourages healthy behaviors while limiting those that could lead to weight gain and associated problems. “Most weight [read more...]

Injuries Common in Athletes, but Preventable

Overuse injuries have become more common in young athletes as pressures and expectations to perform outweigh the emphasis of simply playing. Although overuse injuries can occur at any age, the peak age is seen during growth spurts, when bones are [read more...]

Here’s How to Get the Most Benefits From Your Walking Routine

Whether you’re looking to start exercising or to keep moving on your rest days, walking is an easy activity that can be adaptable for all fitness levels. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends about 150 minutes of moderate-intensity [read more...]

How to Better Address Autism

We’re talking about autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1 in 59 children and their families. There are many factors behind an increase in diagnoses – some we know, and others we don’t. A heightened understanding of genetic causes has improved [read more...]

Heart Attack Symptoms for Women and Men

Heart disease is the leading killer of both men and women in the U.S. Heart attack is one possible result of heart disease. If you have a heart attack, the good news is that you have a greater chance of [read more...]

Just How Much Protection Do You Have if You’re Fully Vaccinated?

You know getting vaccinated and boosted helps protect against COVID-19, including the latest variant. But how well? Just last week, data showed that only 7% of Advocate Aurora Health’s 1,500 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had been vaccinated and boosted. In [read more...]

What You Should Know about This Eye Problem

It’s subtle, not easily detectable, and it’s the leading cause of irreversible blindness and visual impairment in the world. Age-related macular degeneration affects about 11 million people in the U.S. and is the leading cause of severe vision loss in [read more...]

Tips for Keeping Children’s Bodies & Minds Busy This Winter

For kids, post-holiday winter shouldn’t mean hibernation. Instead, parents should be looking into safe physical activities to keep their children’s bodies and minds active. According to Advocate Aurora pediatrician Dr. Allison Blonski, most American grade-school children are not getting the [read more...]

10 Home Remedies to Treat Mosquito Bites

Summertime means outdoor time, especially in a Midwest still shaking off the cabin fever of foot-high snow and polar vortexes. With picnics, beach visits and hikes come the inevitable mosquitoes that just seem to be drawn to some people more [read more...]