Make It Better is proud to announce that we’re opening a Chicago office at 321 Clark — in the building that was formerly the Quaker Oats headquarters — on Monday, Oct. 3. We took this opportunity to move our North Shore office back to our original home too — the Baker Building, 1150 Wilmette Ave., […]
Breast cancer is the cancer with the highest incidence among women, regardless of race or ethnicity, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Many people are aware of the disease, but not what they can do to reduce their risk. “We strongly encourage women to take steps to reduce their risk of breast cancer,” […]
Breast cancer is the cancer with the highest incidence among women, regardless of race or ethnicity, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). More than 232,000 people were diagnosed with the disease in 2013, the most recent year for which numbers are available. Many people are aware of the disease, but not what they […]
It’s 9 p.m. The kids are finally asleep, the kitchen is (sort of) clean, the dishwasher is running and the last email has been sent. And, there you are on the couch, with the remote in one hand and a bag of chips or bowl of ice cream in the other. You’re not hungry, but […]
In 2012, the National Institute on Drug Abuse released the results of a study on the effects of physical activity on cocaine-addicted rats. The animals were put on a forced abstinence from the drug, but were given access to an exercise wheel. The researchers found that the more time the rats spent on that wheel, […]
Fall in Chicago is a tricky season. Some days it feels like summer, some days like spring, some days like something approaching winter. It’s tough to find a coat that’s the right weight, so that you’re not sweating on warmer days or freezing when temps suddenly dip. Here are eight of our picks for the […]
Quitters never win — or do they? Kids are involved in a large number and wide variety of activities, but they don’t do them all forever. Inevitably, most children say they want to quit an activity. We asked the experts for advice about what parents should do when kids say that they’d like to hang […]
You’ve got a nanny and a housecleaner at https://www.maideasy.com.au/house-cleaning/, and your Amazon Prime and Instacart accounts are working overtime for you. But yet, there still never seems to be enough time in the day to check everything off of your to-do list. If you’ve got kids and a career, save your sanity by outsourcing a […]
Do you ever… Leak urine during or after physical activity, such as running, lifting or standing up? Experience a sudden strong urge to empty your bladder? Urinate more than eight times in a day? While out in public, do you know where every bathroom is located? Experience pelvic or bladder pain and/or pressure? Experience chronic […]
Any woman who has ever pumped breast milk between meetings, arrived late to daycare pickup (once again), or been passed over for a promotion because she leaves the office earlier than childless colleagues knows the struggle of trying to combine work and motherhood. The pressure to climb the corporate ladder while also throwing Pinterest-perfect birthday […]
