Stories about Health
PJ Parkinson's Support will host a free retreat for families affected by Parkinson's disease from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. April 24 at Riverside Receptions and Conference Center, 35 N. River Lane, Geneva.
Local measles case linked to Chicago infections at migrant center.
Considered to be effectively eliminated across the U.S. in 2000, a measles outbreak in Chicago this month is a wake-up call about how easily things can spiral, experts say.
The health department identified the case following a number of measles cases in Chicago. Condell hospital and a Lake Zurich restaurant are potential exposure sites.
Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation in cooperation with Northwest District Elks Lodges will sponsor a free children’s podiatry assessment clinic on Thursday, April 25, at Morrison Family Care Clinic.
Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, both have Heredity Spastic Paraplegia Type 35 and require round-the-clock care. Their disease is so rare that only 51 people in 19 families are documented in medical literature.
Heritage Square, 620 N. Ottawa Ave. in Dixon, is a not-for-profit facility that provides sheltered care and skilled nursing services. It has been serving the Dixon community for over 50 years.
The Will County Health Department is installing 10 red naloxone distribution boxes at locations throughout the county.
Self-harm typically occurs in response to severe stress or psychological pain. There is help available.
McHenry County Department of Health will hand out more than $1 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to groups that enhance health.
St. Charles Police Department will begin giving out free Narcan to anyone who wants it in an effort to help fight opioid overdoses.
The results of Lockport's semi-annual drinking water lead testing from late-2023 are in, with four out of 30 houses showing heightened levels of the dangerous metal.
Parkinson’s Players Ping Pong, now offered at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Health & Fitness Center twice a week and once a week at Edgewater Fitness Center in Chicago, is taught by certified exercise physiologists with additional Parkinson’s-specific training.
The Partnership for a Healthy Lee County is extending an invitation to Lee County residents to take a survey to share their perspectives on the issue of addiction.
Trained personnel or the school nurse can administer undesignated quick relief asthma medicine when any individual at District 202 in Plainfield – students, staff or members of the community – experience respiratory distress.