DEAR DR. ROACH: My question regards the results of my fasting glucose tests for the past couple of years. I am 81 and weigh around 150 pounds. The medications I am taking concern me,…
DEAR DR. ROACH: How much mercury is safe? — A.C. ANSWER: The chemical element mercury exists in three forms: elemental mercury, which is the kind in thermometers; inorganic mercury,…
Do a quick internet search on apple cider vinegar and you’ll find a slew of health benefits — everything from improving digestion and aiding heartburn to killing bacteria to burning…
More than 34 million people in the United States have diabetes; that’s one in 10. An additional one in three U.S. adults have prediabetes, and 84 percent of them do not realize…
SPRINGFIELD — The American Lung Association on Wednesday, Sept. 2 announced a “comprehensive” plan to tackle electronic tobacco use by the nation’s high schoolers. Education,…
Do a quick Internet search on apple cider vinegar and you’ll find a slew of health benefits — everything from improving digestion and aiding heartburn to killing bacteria to burning…
A continuously connected lifestyle can drain internal batteries quickly, but digging into the world outside may be the best way to rejuvenate, revitalize and recharge. “The gadgets…
I spend hours every day thinking about food. I’m the director of a non-profit health outreach organization and a certified health worker tasked with sourcing and distributing food…
CTA-Metra pass for UIC students ...A pilot program to expand CTA transit passes to Metra is off ...
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