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Health & Wellness

Colorectal cancer
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month highlights importance of early detection and screening

Medical experts say screenings are especially important because colorectal cancer is increasingly being diagnosed in younger adults.

A volunteer with Street Samaritans hands out a care package to a person camping underneath a bridge in November in the Chicago area. (Medill Illinois News Bureau by Jacques Abou-Rizk)
IL State News
2 months ago
Report outlines premature deaths, chronic health problems among homeless Illinoisans

Nonprofits are pushing forward with proactive measures to provide health care and basic services.

Local
2 months ago
Research links postpartum depression, pain management

“Providers are very aware of the risk of opioid addiction.”

Health & Wellness
2 months ago
Expert: Seasonal Affective Disorder is a problem in the Spring, too

The “Spring Forward” time change can also hit your mental health, said Barbara Wheatley.

Sean Grayson
Crime
2 months ago
Hearing on Grayson’s sentence reduction request delayed

Attorneys: Grayson couldn’t attend due to cancer treatments.

Sean Grayson's new Sangamon County Jail mugshot
Crime
2 months ago
Former Sangamon County deputy who killed unarmed woman undergoing cancer treatment

Sean Grayson’s medical needs prompt request to delay hearing.

Local
2 months ago
More consideration for menopausal Illinoisans

Illinois women are “fed up.”

Legislation is pending in the Illinois House that advocates say would expand access for safety net clinics and certain other providers to low-cost outpatient medications. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
Bill expanding access to discounted drugs awaits Illinois House action

Clinics accuse drug manufacturers of restricting access to drugs in federal 340B program.

Local
2 months ago
Impact of CO on Illinoisans

280 deaths related to carbon monoxide 2019-2023.

Great Value cottage cheese sold in Illinois has been recalled.
IL State News
2 months ago
FDA recalls Great Value Cottage Cheese sold in 24 states, including Illinois

Products at Walmart stores pulled over pasteurization issue; consumers urged to check “best by” dates.

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