Lauren Petty

FDA-approved for more than 20 years, a RUSH neurosurgeon says he has patients seeking out Deep Brain Stimulation to treat Parkinson’s Disease, now that the technology and surgical techniques have evolved.

Claudette Soto, 44, has a lot to celebrate this Mother's Day, after beating an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Northwestern Medicine is trying to combat the nationwide nursing shortage with a program that trains non-clinical employees to take on clinical roles, and they're opening up the program to more people in summer 2024.

A new series of COVID variants, nicknamed the “FLiRT” variants, are being tracked by U.S. health officials, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As weight loss medications continue to grow in popularity, the Illinois Poison Center is seeing more calls from people unintentionally misusing or misdosing the medications.

Chicago public health officials are warning about a rise in cases of meningococcal disease.

An emergency department physician assistant who created a portable disinfecting machine using UVC light during the pandemic is giving back to the hospital where he came up with the idea.

Americans' obsession with their appearance is growing, and experts worry about the toll its taking on the country's mental health.

Many people are familiar with postpartum depression, but health experts are raising awareness about other mental health disorders that can happen in the perinatal period, which is the time from conception until a year after childbirth.

The cicada emergence has begun in the Chicago area and the beady eyes and constant buzzing could prove too much for some people.