Sound Health

The Community Health Care Clinic in Normal has seen a big increase in need over the last nine months.

Democratic state Rep. Maura Hirschauer has introduced a bill aimed at reducing hesitation when providing CPR to women.

Normal Citizen of the Year Adam Nielsen is living with early onset Alzheimer's disease. He and his wife Dayna Brown are doing so publicly and intentionally, as support to others who may be going through the same thing and as part of an advocacy effort.

Jeff Gerald is a member at Farrell’s Extreme Bodyshaping gym in Bloomington, and recently won their yearlong national body transformation challenge with a grand prize of $10,000.

Senior leadership from the Bloomington-Normal YMCA traveled to Washington, D.C. to join the national coalition's advocacy days. YMCA wants full funding for childcare funding and health promotions, among other priorities. At home, the BN YMCA is hoping to expand its services.

Despite local and national struggles of the health care industry, Dr. Robert Cavagnol, new president of Carle Health's central region, hopes to continue making advances at the Bloomington-Normal health care provider.

In a partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, three ISU professors want to provide community resources surrounding support for caregivers of those with dementia with a screening of the film "Caregiving" at the Normal Theater on Monday night.

Pre-hospital transfusion improves patient condition, reduces hospital stays and reduces overall use of blood. Eureka-Goodfield EMS will be the first program in Illinois to offer the service in ambulances.

The health care industry has come a long way in 35 years, and retiring Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka leader Colleen Kannaday has seen all of it.

Menopause affects half the human population, but women and doctors say it is under researched, misunderstood and often misrepresented.