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  • Her inability to swallow was dismissed as an eating disorder. She had a rare condition

    About 14 years ago, when Jessica Herrala, then 34, tried swallowing, it felt as if something was lodged in her throat. “I honestly thought I had a tumor,” Herrala, 48, of Chicago, tells TODAY.com. Worried, she visited a doctor who told her she was fine and sent her home. Then she began “to regurgitate food…

  • Depression and Anxiety Increasing Steadily in Kids and Teens, Study Warns

    Depression and anxiety are increasing steadily among children and teenagers. According to a new study, 10.6% of young people experienced anxiety in 2022, up from 7.1% in 2016. At the same time, depression among children hit 4.6%, up from 3.2%. Lead researcher Marie E. Heffernan, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School…

  • Conversion Therapy Harms Heart Health

    Young adults assigned male at birth were nearly three times as likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure if they’d been exposed to conversion therapy, a discredited practice that attempts to alter a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, researchers reported May 6 in JAMA Network Open. These young adults also had higher levels…

  • Seasonal Allergy Symptoms and How to Treat Them

    For millions of allergy sufferers, spring and summer mean sneezing, runny noses and itchy eyes. Plumes of pollen from trees, grasses and plants (such as ragweed) get released into the air and trigger seasonal allergies – also referred to as hay fever and allergic rhinitis – for nearly 1 in 4 American adults and nearly…

  • Northwestern study finds benefits of virtual singing for older adults

    A new Northwestern University study found group singing virtually has major benefits, especially for adults over 55 including people with conditions like dementia. It looked at the value of virtual group singing during the COVID-19 pandemic, when most older adults were isolating. Borna Bonakdarpour, MD, FAAN, FANA, shares, “One thing about music is that even…

  • Diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 44, WGN’s Mike Lowe shared his battle with viewers. Now, he’s at a turning point.

    About 20% of colorectal cases were in people ages 54 or younger in 2019 — almost double the percentage as in 1995, according to the American Cancer Society. Scientists aren’t sure exactly what’s causing the increase in diagnoses among younger patients, but they’re urging people to see their doctors if they experience unusual symptoms such…

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