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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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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.
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The first students in a peer support recovery program at Heartland Community College are sharing their experiences with mental health and substance abuse problems to help others.
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It's a simple mission that guides the volunteers on the No One Dies Alone team at Carle BroMenn Medical Center.
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Health experts have identified access to care, mental health and healthy living as priorities in McLean County's new community needs health assessment. The plan is based on health data compiled over the last several years.
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The Bloomington Fire Department says its new portable heart monitor enables paramedics to bring the hospital emergency department to your side, wherever you are.
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Chestnut Health Systems in Bloomington is exploring other ways to provide medically-monitored detox treatment without the need for 24-hour nursing care.
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We all get cuts and scrapes, but for a lot of people those injuries may not heal. And the longer a wound stays open, the higher the risk of infection. More than eight million people in the U.S. suffer chronic wounds each year, costing $98 billion a year to treat.
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In total, CDC data shows 2.4 million reported cases of STIs in 2020, even with the caveat that the coronavirus pandemic hindered surveillance of these illnesses.