We bet your summertime plans include swimming, biking and a little gardening. A trip to the emergency room probably isn’t on your to-do list. But what if a bee stings you mid-backstroke? Or you get dizzy because you didn’t bring enough water on that bike ride? Or your young one gets poison ivy while hiking […]
When it comes to alcohol, how much is too much? And is it okay to drink in front of the kids? After a long, busy day filled with stress, deadlines and anxiety, what do you do to relax? Many people choose to have a cocktail every night, like Rachel G., a 42-year-old working mother of […]
Hookah, narghile and shisha are all names for the same tall, exotic water pipes growing in popularity among teens and young college students according to recent studies. Most commonly called hookah, the pipes employ honey or molasses sweetened tobacco heated by coals. The product is a sweet tasting smoke then passed over a bowl of […]
Massage—the very word includes “ahhh.” Americans love the bliss and benefits of massage. Each year, we dole out nearly $12 billion on massage and related therapies, according to the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. With Mother’s Day just around the corner—as well as yard work and spring cleaning—we thought it was a good […]
Whether at work or play, back pain affects some 75 million Americans at some point of their life, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
In 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative released a study claiming that women who use hormone replacement therapy drugs to treat the symptoms of menopause are more likely to get a deadly form of breast cancer. A media frenzy ensued, and most of the 70 million women in America going through menopause stopped taking hormones. Most […]
Some women have an easy time getting pregnant, but for others, like Renata Cardelli of North Barrington, it was a struggle. But thanks to in vitro fertilization (IVF), along with prayer and perseverance, Renata and her husband Glen have two beautiful daughters. “I just feel like it was God’s plan, why I needed to go […]
When Michigan high school basketball star Wes Leonard collapsed and died soon after sinking the game-winning shot, Mary Beth Schewitz of Lake Bluff could imagine the emotions. She could imagine that family’s exhilaration and pride at watching their son — and the profound shock and sadness that would follow. “We had those same feelings when […]
The relentless quest to get pregnant can take its toll on women. Research shows that infertile women have similar rates of depression and anxiety as women with cancer. Hard to believe, right? Not if you’re Tami Quinn of Wilmette and Beth Heller of Chicago. They both struggled to start their families, and because of what they went […]
Keeping your guy’s crotch cool while using a laptop may save future generations—literally! While it has been known for a while that heating up the nether regions of a man’s anatomy can impact fertility, not until recently was a study done that actually measured increased heat in the scrotum when using a laptop. In a […]
