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Rosalind Dymond Cartwright, whose groundbreaking research on sleep prompted other scientists to crown her “the Queen of Dreams,” once said her remarkable career was inspired by conversations heard at the family dinner table growing up.
“Well, my mother was a big dreamer, and she loved to tell her dreams at the dinner table and intrigue us all with decoding the images, and she used her dream images very much in her poetry,” she said for a Sleep Research Society oral history. “And my father would sit there and shake his head in wonder and say, ‘Stella, you have such an interesting nightlife!’ ”
The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Feb. 5-11 is 3.7%.
A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 456,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,385,950.
Vaccine appointments remain scarce even to those who are eligible before the expansion of group 1B. Efforts to vaccinate minorities continue to fall short, and data reviewed by the ABC7 I-Team shows more women are getting shots than men by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.
The IDPH says that vaccine distribution numbers are reported in real-time and vaccine administration numbers lag by as much as 72 hours.
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A few simple changes to your morning habits can make a big difference in your overall well-being.
A good morning routine is a foundational part of self-care, affecting everything from your energy levels and productivity to the state of your skin.
But it is easy to fall into less-than-ideal habits without even realizing it ― particularly during a global pandemic when we are collectively coping with much bigger issues and routines have long gone out the window.
Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to get back on track. We asked experts for some of the most common morning routine mistakes and easy fixes to try instead.
CHICAGO (WLS) A recent change to the Illinois Medicaid prescription plan is making it difficult for many to get medications, especially on Chicago s South and West sides.
It is a potential dilemma for millions in Illinois. Two months ago, Medicaid clients were told they could no longer use Walgreens unless they wanted to pay full price for their prescriptions.
New legislation is calling for Medicaid recipients to be able to use any pharmacy. But in the meantime, some patients are struggling to access what could be life-saving drugs.
Aetna provides coverage for Illinois Medicaid patients. In December, Aetna changed the prescription plan, dropping Walgreens as a provider. Walgreens makes up 30% of all Chicago s drugstores. Because Aetna is owned by CVS, Medicaid patients now have to get their medications at CVS and other in-network pharmacies.
Race may play an important role in children s food allergies
Black children have significantly higher rates of shellfish and fish allergies than White children, in addition to having higher odds of wheat allergy, suggesting that , researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago, Rush University Medical Center and two other hospitals have found.
Results of the study were published in the February issue of the
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
Food allergy is a common condition in the U.S., and we know from our previous research that there are important differences between Black and White children with food allergy, but there is so much we need to know to be able to help our patients from minority groups. In this current paper, our goal was to understand whether children from different races are allergic to similar foods, or if there is a difference based on their racial background.