Category: Health

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley’s ‘Meet and Greet’, Feb. 21, at Panera Bread, in Aurora; Diabetes Club members to meet Wednesday, Feb. 11

By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members will hold their February membership meeting Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Meeting will be held in the East Banquet Room. Dinner is optional on members’ own from the menu at 5:30 p.m.

Illinois sees worst flu season in recent years

By Olivia ArditoMedill Illinois News Bureaunews@capitolnewsillinois.com Flu cases are increasing rapidly in Illinois as the state sees its worst flu season in more than 15 years. At least 100 people have died from the flu this season in Illinois, with 77 of those deaths occurring this month alone, according to

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members to meet Feb. 11; ‘Meet & Greet’, February 21

By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold their February membership meeting Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Meeting will be held in the East Banquet Room. Dinner is optional on members’ own from the menu at 5:30

Medicaid looming funding crisis due to federal changes

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com A multibillion-dollar budget crisis will hit the Illinois’ Medicaid program in the next few years unless State lawmakers and governor JB Pritzker act to prevent it, budget analysts both inside and outside State government warn. The crisis comes from changes in federal Medicaid policy that

Kane County Health Department lead poisoning prevention webinar

The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) will host a free public webinar, “What Families Need to Know About Lead Poisoning,” Thursday, Feb. 19, at 10 a.m.. The webinar is designed to help families and caregivers understand the risks of lead exposure and learn practical steps to protect young children and

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members hear from Deepa Deshmukh, co-founder of DuPage Dietitians; Legacy Nutrition & Fitness, a healthy place to hang out

By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley held its January membership meeting Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Club vice president, Chuck Nelson, introduced guest speaker, Deepa Deshmukh, MPH, RDN, CDE, BC-ADM, a Functional & Integrative Nutrition Specialist and co-founder of

Diabetes Club’s ‘Meet & Greet’, January 17, at Legacy Nutrition & Fitness, in downtown Aurora; Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members to meet Jan. 14

By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold their January membership meeting Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Meeting will be held in the East Banquet Room. Dinner is optional on members’ own from the menu at 5:30

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members enjoy the magical sounds of the season at ‘Tinsel and Tunes’; Gestational diabetes can develop during pregnancy

By Russ George Members and friends of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley gathered at the Bit Theater, 4034 Fox Valley Center Drive, in Aurora, Saturday, Dec. 20, to attend Hawks Nest Productions cabaret show, “Tinsel and Tunes”, a sparkling celebration of magical sounds of the season, produced and directed

Mayor of Aurora, John Laesch secures $360,000 donation of PPE for nonprofits

Mayor of Aurora, John Laesch, secured a $360,000 donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from Aurora-based packaging company Teinnovations to help shield residents of the City’s temporary overnight warming center and local nonprofits from the spread of disease this Winter. Laesch partnered with Teinnovations Founder Daniel Tein to obtain the

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members work year round to promote diabetes awareness; explaining diabetes, common warning signs, treatments

By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members work together, year round, to bring about an awareness of diabetes, prediabetes and the dangers of uncontrolled blood sugar (glucose). In last week’s issue of The Voice, I shared with readers what the American Diabetes Association says about prediabetes. This

What to do if you’ve been diagnosed as prediabetic?; Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold their fourth annual Holiday Party, Saturday, Dec. 13

By Russ George Members and friends of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold their fourth annual Holiday Party, Saturday, Dec. 13, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Social gathering begins at 6 p.m., buffet dinner at 7 p.m., gift exchange and door prize drawings

Diabetes Club members tour research facility at UChicago Medicine’s-Kovler Diabetes Center!

By Russ George Thursday morning, November 20, 15 members and friends of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley hopped on Fox Valley Park District’s bus and headed out to the University of Chicago’s-Kovler Diabetes Center’s research facility, on the eighth floor, of the Gwen and Jules Knapp Center for Biomedical

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley and Legacy Nutrition & Fitness co-host healthy event; First ever Healthy Futures Expo, overall successful event

By Russ George Saturday morning November 8, the first ever “Healthy Futures Expo”, kicked off at Society 57, in downtown Aurora. Rick Sanchez, owner of Legacy Nutrition & Fitness, dreamed about having a health event to bring residents of Aurora and surrounding communities together, to empower our communities through wellness!

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members to meet Nov. 12; Diabetes Club’s second annual gala dinner ‘A Night To End Diabetes’, Nov. 14, at Lincoln Inn

By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold their November membership meeting Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Meeting will be held in the East Banquet Room. Dinner is optional on members’ own from the menu at 5:30