Lauren Petty
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Chicago, IL, United States
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A Naperville Woman's Heart Started Racing While Walking. A Year Later, Her Diagnosis Was Unexpected
A Naperville woman is sharing her story after she was treated for a condition that is often misdiagnosed. When doctors found a mass in her lungs, they first thought it was a tumor, but she soon learned it was something else that had her gasping for air. → Read More
New Mental Wellness Space Opening for Teens in Suburban Brookfield
A new mental wellness space is opening in suburban Brookfield for area high school students to focus on their emotional health. → Read More
Pickleball Injuries Pick Up As Popularity Grows, Doctors Warn
As pickleball rises in popularity across the country, doctors at Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH are seeing more injured patients. → Read More
Stomach Bug Cases Surging, Sending People to Emergency Rooms in Chicago Area
Stomach flu cases are surging, some severe enough that people in the Chicago area are heading to the emergency room. And it all comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning about a new stomach bug rising in prevalence. → Read More
Century-Old Community Organization Beefing Up Mental Health Services in Black Communities
For 104 years, Ada S. McKinley Community Services has supported Black families and its mission is expanding to further boost mental health resources. → Read More
Heart Attack Signs More Subtle in Women Than Men, Cardiologists Warn
When it comes to heart attacks in women, cardiologists say the warning signs can be subtle. → Read More
How Local Surgeons Extended an 11-Year-Old Boy's Leg By More Than an Inch Using a Magnet
Doctors at NorthShore Orthopaedic & Spine Institute are putting a new spin on an old surgical technique to help children born with one leg shorter than the other. → Read More
There's a Surgical Fix For Severe Heartburn, Doctors Say
Imagine having heartburn so severe, you get sick multiple times a day. That’s what life was like for a woman in northwest Indiana. After years of being misdiagnosed, she has finally gotten the answers and the relief she’s been searching for. → Read More
What You Eat, How You Prepare It, Can Help Fight Inflammation, Nutritionist Says
Instead of reaching for something in your medicine cabinet to fight inflammation, more health experts are advising patients to reach into their refrigerators. → Read More
Prediabetes Surging in Kids Post-Pandemic, But Doctors Say This One Change Can Help
As we come out of the coronavirus pandemic, one Chicago hospital is seeing a surge of children with prediabetes. → Read More
The 1 Diet Change a Doctor Says Pregnant Women Should Know About to Avoid Impacts on Baby
A woman’s diet during pregnancy can have an impact on not only her health, but her baby’s future health. → Read More
2 Simple Diet Changes That Can Help Fight and Prevent Cancer, According to An Expert
When it comes to fighting cancer, more and more research shows what you are eating can make a difference in that fight. → Read More
Heart Scare Prompts Hospital Staffer to Open New Community Pantry in Roseland
Chrislin Flanagan has been busy stocking a cabinet in the lobby of the New Roseland Community hospital with basic necessities to create a new community closet, filled with food and toiletry items. → Read More
Suburban Mom Delivers Twins Despite Infertility Caused By Cancer Treatment
In February 2020, Shelly Battista was nursing her first daughter, Emilia, when she noticed a lump. → Read More
How Illinois' Psychedelic Therapy Program Would Work, If it Passes the General Assembly
A bill under consideration by the state legislature would make Illinois the third state in the country to decriminalize psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component of mushrooms, and establish the Illinois Psilocybin Advisory Board to structure a psychedelic therapy program. → Read More
Surgery Gives Young Girl New Thumbs After She Was Born With Rare Condition
When Emily Dale was born nearly five years ago, she had tiny flaps for thumbs, but thanks to a team of doctors at Shriner’s Children’s Chicago, she now has working thumbs after undergoing surgery. → Read More
Valentines Requested by Program Aiming to Boost Local Seniors' Mental Health
With so many seniors feeling isolated and depressed during the pandemic, a McHenry County outreach group is organizing multiple “Adopt A Grandparent” programs, including a Valentine’s Day event, to help boost seniors’ mental health. → Read More
Berwyn Baby Boom: 5 Birthing Center Staff Members All Pregnant at Once at Area Hospital
Helping expectant mothers is a common occurrence for staff at the MacNeal Hospital Birth Center in suburban Berwyn, but a quintet of staff members are all expecting at the same time in what is a delightful coincidence. → Read More
Dr. Jill Biden Just Had It and Many Others Have Too. So What is Mohs Surgery?
Jill Biden underwent a common outpatient procedure known as Mohs surgery to remove and examine cancerous lesions, but what exactly is the procedure and who needs it? → Read More
Experts, Residents Discuss New Childhood Obesity Treatment Guidelines
We first told you yesterday about new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics for kids and obesity. Now local doctors are weighing in, and we’re also checking back in with one young woman who had bariatric surgery as a teenager. → Read More