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The convenience and popularity of wireless headphones is contributing to hearing loss, according to audiologist Dr. Natalie McKee of Bloomington-Normal Audiology.
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Twin Cities native Hilary Pacha started One Hope Project after her professional experiences in the nonprofit sector and her personal experiences seeking help for disordered eating.
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OSF HealthCare using remote monitoring program honed during COVID-19 pandemic to manage RSV patientsHospitals are facing a capacity crunch just in time for the holidays. That's due to respiratory viruses, but COVID-19 isn't the biggest driver of hospitalizations this winter. Instead, medical officials say an earlier-than-usual onset of RSV, coupled with an influenza wave, are packing emergency departments to capacity.
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Too often, the conversation turns too quickly to whether an aging parent should move into a long-term care facility, said Susan Real, executive director of the Bloomington-based East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging.
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Chestnut Health Systems and the McLean County Center for Human Services plan to coordinate care for their clients by placing staff at each other's facilities and sharing electronic medical records.
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In Illinois, the average price for a Thanksgiving meal for 10 is expected to jump 13% this year, to $65.53, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s latest Thanksgiving Cost Survey.
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About 1 in 6 McLean County residents smokes. Public health administrators challenge smokers to try to kick the habit for at least one day.
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RSV is not uncommon and health care authorities say most children will have gotten a cases of the virus before they're 2 years old, but a Bloomington-Normal pediatrician said the trend has been toward older children having more serious issues with the virus.
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A New York-based for-profit company would be the majority owner of OSF HealthCare's planned psychiatric hospital in Peoria. The company was cited for multiple health and safety violations at a similar facility in Washington state.
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Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S and one in three American adults has pre-diabetes. That's when your blood-sugar levels are higher than normal.