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Being over 65 means putting extra focus on your health, including cutting out bad habits. Dorothy Dunlop, professor of medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine shares that older adults should be as active as possible. She encourages adults over age 60 to find opportunities to replace sitting time with light activity.

Dr. Janelle Bolden, an assistant OB-GYN professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the report is not surprising.

At Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Dr. Ami Patel, a pediatric infectious disease physician, said workers have seen a steady uptick in MIS-C cases since the end of December. But this is “still relatively lower numbers overall compared to the winter 2020 surge,” she said. During the Delta surge, the hospital saw “relatively few” MIS-C cases.

Dr. Janelle Bolden, an assistant OB-GYN professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the report is not surprising.

Dr. Janelle Bolden, an assistant OB-GYN professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the report is not surprising.

Emily Rogalski of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine does research on super-agers. In a Northwestern podcast, she notes that one of the distinctive things about “individuals who are free of dementia, free of cognitive problems, and really thriving in their community as well” is their endorsement of “stronger positive relationships with others.”

Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. Mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report. Dr. Janelle Bolden, assistant OB-GYN professor, shared that the report is not surprising, stating “The pandemic has uncovered the disparities in access to care, healthcare quality and delivery.”

Black women are two to three times more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids. One Black women shared her battle with fibroids and ovarian cysts and the hope-restoring treatment she received from Dr. Magdy Milad at Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Complex Gynecology.

Most men of color, interviewed by their peers in a recent study, say they face mental health challenges. They also see a deep connection between systematic inequities and mental health. Claudio S. Rivera a professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences and pediatrics at Northwestern and a psychologist at Lurie Children’s shared the importance of including wellness in the process of this study, as the discussions could become heavy because of the violence and trauma many participants have seen.

Throughout the pandemic, movie theaters have been trying to convince customers that they are safe, simultaneously understanding why people chose to stay away. Now, with more people shedding masks and with states and localities easing restrictions, it could become even more difficult to convince people to visit the theater. Mercedes Carnethon, vice chair of preventative medicine, shares she would feel comfortable at a theater in Chicago, but “less so in Georgia, where the rates of vaccination are a whole lot lower.”