Healthy Chicago Equity Zones Confront Health and Racial Inequity
By Kristin Boza Healthy Chicago Equity Zones (HCEZ) are part of Healthy Chicago 2025, the City of Chicago’s community health improvement plan to develop strategies to close the racial life […]
Summer Running Safety
Summer means plenty of outdoor activities. For people who enjoy exercising, are looking to start a new fitness routine, or who are avid runners, this means lacing up the running […]
Summer Running Safety
Summer means plenty of outdoor activities. For people who enjoy exercising, are looking to start a new fitness routine, or who are avid runners, this means lacing up the […]
Staying Safe while Exercising Outdoors
The recent spread of the omicron variant, many people are venturing outdoors for their workouts once again even amid the cold winter weather. According to the Centers for Disease […]
Coping with Holiday Stress
By OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Medical Center Pumpkins have been carved, apples have been picked, candy has been eaten, and the holiday season has officially commenced. Thanksgiving, Christmas, […]
Steering Clear of Bites and Stings
Warmer weather brings out insects including mosquitoes, bees, wasps, and ticks. Before venturing into your garden or onto the hiking trail, it is important to keep safety top of mind. Ashley Lisek, an APN with […]
Virtual Grief Group
Heather Beth Duke, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with the Relationship Store, hosts a free virtual Grief Group via Zoom to help people through the loss of a loved one. Duke will […]
Teletherapy Options Offer Help Coping with Pandemic
Mental health is as important as physical health during the pandemic. Being isolated from loved ones and friends, being quarantined with your spouse and kids, being separated from loved ones […]
Barre it All Offering Mom and Child Yoga
By Kristin Boza Yoga is known as an amazing workout and stress reliever, for both adults and children. Barre it All Fitness, 3202 W. 111th St., introduced Mother/Child Yoga classes to help moms […]
Winter Tips
By Kathryn Cavanaugh, RN, MSN, LCMH Manager Health Promotions Winter in Chicago presents dangers to the elderly and the people who care for them. Chilling temperatures and treacherous snow and ice can terrorize […]