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  • New Heart-Health Measurement May Help Identify Silent Heart Disease

    It’s no secret that your smartwatch churns out all kinds of data on a regular basis, including your daily step count and your average heart rate, which provides helpful insights into your health and wellness. But new research suggests that actually combining those two numbers will give you a better peek into how efficiently your…

  • Acid reflux impacts about 20% of American adults. What causes it?

    While the occasional heartburn episode usually isn’t an indicator of anything major, continuous and recurring symptoms may be an indication of a health issue, such as acid reflux, that’s worth consulting your doctor about. Acid reflux is referred to in the medical community as gastroesophageal reflux (GER), or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for more severe…

  • The Market For Menopause Products Is Booming—But There’s An Easy Way To Find What Actually Works

    A couple years ago, whenever a patient came into the office with questions about a new product for menopause symptoms, Traci Kurtzer, MD, an ob-gyn at Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, would get excited and spend hours investigating it. These days, she skips the deep dive. “So many products come out so…

  • Yawning may be more dangerous than you think, experts say

    Find yourself yawning a lot? Do you need that third or fourth cup of coffee to make it through the afternoon at work? Such signs of sleepiness may be a red flag of a serious sleep deficit that could put you in physical danger and harm your long-term health, according to a new position paper…

  • How a new wearable sensor can track your health — without even touching your skin

    Researchers at Northwestern University have developed the world’s first contactless wearable device that can monitor your health by measuring gases naturally emitted and absorbed by the skin without ever touching it. “This technology has the potential to transform clinical care, particularly for vulnerable populations, including newborn babies, the elderly, patients with diabetes, and others with…

  • For accused mentally ill killers and their victims, help comes too little too late

    There’s no single entity overseeing the mental health care system in Chicago. That means, for instance, that homeless patients discharged from private hospitals might be given a bottle of medication and told to follow up at a clinic without what experts say should be a “warm hand-off” to a treatment provider.What’s urgently needed, many experts…