Health and Wellness

In puppy yoga, downward facing dog takes on a whole new meaning. “It’s like animal-assisted therapy combined with yoga, whether it’s a goat or a puppy,” said Danielle Kerr, owner of Goat Yoga Chicago in South Barrington. Kerr started offering goat yoga classes in 2015 and expanded to puppy yoga after she got a call from the founder of...

On one evening in July 2022, Casalan Bittle, a 47-year-old single mother from suburban Northbrook, began experiencing indigestion, which she chalked up to a burger eaten the night before. Bittle put her kids to bed and went to sleep, but ended up waking up a few hours later with nausea. So, she went to the bathroom and tried to vomit….

The American Heart Association encourages women to wear red on Friday, Feb. 2 to highlight the importance of raising awareness about women’s heart health.

With heart disease remaining the top cause of death for women, many women will be wearing red this Friday to raise awareness, NBC Chicago’s Lauren Petty reports.

“According to my son, the robot will fix mommy’s liver and give her a new one.” After 15 surgeries and numerous therapies, Elizabeth Heaton is now fighting against the clock.

After 15 surgeries and numerous therapies, Elizabeth Heaton is now fighting against the clock. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

NBC Health and Wellness reporter Lauren Petty has details on how you can stay safe while shoveling snow this winter.

Honey is an added sugar, so it should be consumed in moderation. But it has some health benefits ordinary sugar doesn’t.

A growing number of children are showing signs of puberty at significantly younger ages than the average. Yet many families may face hurdles in getting diagnoses.

U.S. health officials say flu and COVID-19 infections are expected to ramp up in the coming weeks.

An Indianapolis family returned to Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge on Monday to thank the intensive care team that saved their son’s life. This time, they brought gifts of their own. NBC 5’s Health and Wellness Reporter Lauren Petty explains.

At Herzl School of Excellence, a Chicago Public Schools elementary school on Douglas Boulevard in Chicago, there’s a focus on a specific kind of learning, learning to share feelings. Tracie Blackwell is a professional school counselor with an additional certification in “Youth Mental Health First Aid.” “Anything that can enhance the help or the support that I can offer...

At Herzl School of Excellence, a Chicago Public Schools elementary school on Douglas Boulevard in Chicago, there’s a focus on a specific kind of learning, learning to share feelings. NBC 5’s Health and Wellness reporter Lauren Petty explains.

Jingling and mingling, it’s Richard Gottschlich’s job to spread holiday cheer. However the professional Santa Claus from suburban Park Ridge wasn’t sure he would be able to this year, after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke in October. “He never got headaches before that or anything and all of a sudden, he’s like, you know, I feel like I blew a...

Doctors at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge saved a professional Santa Claus just in time for Christmas, NBC Chicago’s Lauren Petty reports.

More young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer, now at an even higher rate than cases in men, and Palatine resident Mandy Warford is one of them. Health and Wellness Reporter Lauren Petty shares her story, and what advice Warford offers to women in the Chicago area.

More young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer, now at an even higher rate than cases in men, and Palatine resident Mandy Warford is one of them.

The threat of gun violence is having adverse effects on the health of children, and we’re learning more about new grades for Illinois hospitals in today’s Health Headlines with Lauren Petty.

Millions of Americans are eligible to participate in open enrollment for Medicare through early December, but federal officials are urging residents to use caution when using sources of information and enrollment during that time.

Shuttered since 2021, there are now plans to open an alternative school on the site of the former St. Joseph High School in suburban Westchester.