Families experiencing stressful situations or challenging emotions now have a new tool to check out from their local public library: a mental health kit. The kits are part of a regional community health initiative that will eventually expand to additional…
A mountain of decisions await expectant parents – everything from nursery bedding to diaper brands to deciding what and how to feed the baby, which is one of the most important. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends babies be breastfed exclusively…
High school honors chemistry teacher KJ Reid didn’t get sick. Not as a child. Not as an adult. Then in February 2023, his healthy streak came to an abrupt and dramatic end. “He was my child with perfect health,” said…
The Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS, a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event on the Korn Ferry Tour, will take place June 26 – 29, at Panther Creek Country Club in Springfield, Illinois. This is the fifth year Memorial Health has been the…
Matt Thomas had always heard there was a time capsule placed during construction of St. Vincent Memorial Hospital—the precursor to Taylorville Memorial Hospital—in the early 1950s. When the facility underwent a large-scale renovation in 2020 and 2021, the regional director…
Working your way back to “normal” after a stroke is a journey – one that Chatham’s Jim Huffman is all too familiar with after having survived two strokes within a few weeks of each other in fall 2023. Thanks to…
Welcome to Mandy C. Eaton, PhD, who joined Memorial Health on April 1 as the organization’s president and CEO. She succeeds Ed Curtis, who retired on March 31 after a 50-year career with Memorial. Dr. Eaton previously served as executive…
For those of us who struggle with sleep quality during a normal night, losing an extra hour of sleep because of “Spring Forward” can feel like a blow. Fortunately, it usually only takes…
Colorectal cancer is a sneaky disease with very few symptoms. That’s why take-home colon cancer screening kits can be a lifesaver to alert people to potential risk. The fancy name for the take-home kits is fecal immunochemical test, which…
Most of us know from experience what happens when we indulge in caffeine, large meals, alcohol and/or doom scrolling on our phone in the hour or two before going to bed. A disrupted night’s sleep can often wreak havoc the…