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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 Seniors Can Prepare to Get the Most Out of Their Doctor’s Visit

While some of us may have been able to enjoy relatively good health for most of our lives, the topic of health care takes on a weightier meaning as we enter our golden years. We’re not as strong, fast or [read more...]

How to Spot the Warning Signs of Child Abuse

For most of us, home is somewhere we are excited to return to at the end of the day. It is a place where we feel loved, respected, and safe to be ourselves. But for many children, being at home [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...]

Spring Clean Your Way to a Clearer Mind 

Spring is coming and with that comes longer days, flowers in bloom and with it, an urge to spring clean. Dusting, vacuuming, and organizing can make your home feel fresh and new. By eliminating the clutter, you can improve your [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...]

Live Your Faith. Love Your Community.

We are weary. We have lived with the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly two years and its end seems nowhere in sight. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to surge at an alarming rate. Hospital beds are full. Wait times in our [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...]