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Grief & healing: Appreciating joys of becoming an American

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Aug 02, 2024 8:08 pm - Watching someone go through the process of becoming an American citizen can make you feel gratitude for the rights and freedoms that come with being born in America.
Does anxiety make your heart race? Try these simple tricks to find calm.

By Trisha Pasricha, MD
Aug 02, 2024 2:31 am - You can slow a rapid heart rate, caused by anxiety and even cardiac arrhythmias, using a classic technique called vagal maneuvers.
Should you stretch before exercise? After? Never? Here’s what to know

By ALBERT STUMM
Aug 02, 2024 1:56 am - Stretching can help make you more flexible, improve range of motion in your joints — and feel good.
Pedicures have health risks, especially in summer

By Marlene Cimons
Aug 02, 2024 1:49 am - With summer underway, it’s often tempting to go barefoot, especially at the pool or beach. This can be risky after a pedicure if the cuticles have been recently cut or trimmed, experts say.
Summer health hazards — beyond the heat

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Aug 01, 2024 11:50 pm - Summer health hazards go beyond the heat predicted for August. Other risks include tick bites and dehydration.
Ask the doctors: Preparing an essential vacation first-aid kit for families

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Aug 01, 2024 11:11 pm - While first-aid kits are widely available for sale, consider what your family may need before leaving for a vacation. Prescription medicines, or extra eyeglasses, for instance, may be needed.
Keeping gymnastics safe and fun for kids

By Dr. Elizabeth B. Portin
Aug 01, 2024 10:55 pm - Gymnastics, always popular, can be a great sport for children, helping them build strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. It’s also important to ensure a safe, positive experience by preventing gymnastics injuries.
Middle age shouldn’t be a drag. How a ‘chrysalis’ mindset can help

By Lisa J. Wise
Aug 01, 2024 4:40 pm - With the American population rapidly aging, there’s a new urgency for reframing midlife as a promising time of positive transformation.
For healthy aging, light exercise or sleep beats being sedentary

By Caren Chesler
Aug 01, 2024 3:41 pm - If you want to increase your odds of living a long and healthy life, watch less television and become more physically active, because even a small amount of physical activity can improve overall health
Summer biking offers riders, spectators a variety of fun events

By Ralph Banasiak
Jul 31, 2024 12:33 pm - Chicago area biking offers an exciting, varied summer menu: Racing, race spectating, club rides and unique community events.

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