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Coalition, health organizations partner to spread the importance of immunizations
As whooping cough outbreaks continue to spread across Illinois, the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition has joined with the Chicago Department of Public Health to raise awareness of the importance of vaccinations, in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Infant …
Loyola doctors take on infectious diseases
Infectious diseases specialists join Loyola
Cook named division director of Infectious Disease
James L. Cook, M.D., has been named division director of Infectious Diseases and co-director of the Infectious Diseases and Immunology Institute of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Cook will also …
Doings Health Calendar for Feb. 16
Fitness
Sign up now for Park District of La Grange fitness classes for adults, seniors and kids. Classes include Zumba, Spin, Drums Alive!, Kickboxing, Yoga and Bootcamp. There are also several new fitness classes this season including: Total Body Dance, Yoga Core, Zumba Gold for …
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Manager presents Bridge Model in Philadelphia Ilana Shure, manager of the Aging Care Connections Aging Resource Center, La Grange, provided training on the Bridge Model of Transitional Care in Philadelphia last week. Walter Rosenberg of Rush University Medical Center joined Shure representing the Illinois Transitional …
Surgery for crossed eyes not just for children
About 1 in 25 infants are born with an eye disorder called strabismus, in which the eyes do not line up in the same direction. Some children can develop the condition in early childhood.
Strabismus, commonly called “crossed eyes,” typically is treated during childhood with …
Doings Health Calendar for Feb. 9
Fitness
Sign up now for Park District of La Grange fitness classes for adults, seniors and kids. Classes include Zumba, Spin, Drums Alive!, Kickboxing, Yoga and Bootcamp. There are also several new fitness classes this season including: Total Body Dance, Yoga Core, Zumba Gold for …
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Prenatal University has new faculty member
Karissa Knickelbein of La Grange has joined the faculty of Prenatal University, in Hinsdale, as operations director.
Prenatal University is a new and innovative approach to childbirth education that offers women support throughout their pregnancy, birth experience, and early parenthood …
Medicine cabinet drug addiction
For someone suffering, they can bring quick and powerful pain relief. However for nearly two-million Americans, prescription pain killers bring on addiction. Because they can be legally prescribed by a physician, many people perceive pain killers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin as safe. But like …
Sign up now for Park District of La Grange fitness classes for adults, seniors and kids. Classes include Zumba, Spin, Drums Alive!, Kickboxing, Yoga and Bootcamp. There are also several new fitness classes this season including: Total Body Dance, Yoga Core, Zumba Gold for …
Taking health matters to heart
Many people have heard left arm discomfort or chest pain signal a heart attack. But how does one differentiate a heart attack from symptoms arising due to an extra-hard workout at the gym, or lying down too soon after a heavy, spicy meal? Generally, the …
Doings Health Calendar for Jan. 26
Blood Drive
To celebrate National Blood Donor Month, Adventist Lab Partners Blood Center, 121 N. Elm St., Hinsdale, will raffle a 47-inch flat-screen TV in January. Any qualified donor of blood, platelets or double red cells is eligible to enter the raffle. Call (630) 856-7840, …
Advocate Good Samartian welcomes staff
Advocate Good Samaritan welcomes staff Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, is welcoming new physicians who have joined their staff, including the following. Jaime Belmares-Avalos, M.D., practices in Burr Ridge, and graduated from the University of San Luis Potosi in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. …
TV limits necessary for toddlers to teens
It’s January and in many homes that means families are hunkering down on snowy days and spending increased time in front of the television as well as with computer and video games. January might also be the perfect time to remind families of how important …
Doings health calendar for Jan. 19
Blood Drive
Fitness
Sign up now for Park District of La Grange fitness classes for adults, seniors and kids. Classes include Zumba, Spin, Drums Alive!, Kickboxing, Yoga and Bootcamp. There are also several new fitness classes this season including: Total Body Dance, Yoga Core, Zumba …
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Magazine names top doctors Steven J. Stryker, M.D., of Hinsdale, was recently listed in Chicago Magazine’s Top Doctors issue. Stryker is professor of surgery in the division of surgical oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and an attending surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. …
