Katharin Czink

2 days ago | wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Katharin Czink

CHICAGO (WGN) — What you see is what you get! That’s how patients often feel after undergoing cataract surgery. Now, an adjustable lens is giving older adults the best vision of their lives. “The lens of the eye, when we’re born, is this: it bends light rays and it’s nice and clear,” said Dr. Madhu Gorla, an ophthalmologist at Chicago Glaucoma Consultants. As we age, it gets cloudy, a sign of cataracts. “This definitely gets in the way of a patient’s vision,” Gorla said.

3 days ago | wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Katharin Czink

For Monday, May 12, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including:In the first head-to-head study, researchers tracked people living with obesity who take Tirzepatide, also known as Mounjaro, and others who take Semaglutide, or Ozempic. Now that the drugs are more commonly prescribed, the European Society for the Study of Obesity looked at patients after 72 weeks. There was one clear winner. Mounjaro helped people achieve 50% more weight loss than Ozempic.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Katharin Czink

Medical Watch Digest for May 7The impact of weight on covid recovery. Excess weight may contribute to long covid. Being overweight or obese is associated with neurological symptoms including headaches, vertigo, sleep problems and depression. The Journal Plos one reports covid patients who are overweight and obese develop persistent, debilitating symptoms following the covid infection.

1 week ago | ourquadcities.com | Katharin Czink |Dina Bair

CHICAGO (WGN) — Think of it as the perfect storm: High grass pollen counts combined with the high energy of a spring storm can create a formula that leads to deeper problems than just itchy eyes and sneezing. Doctors issue a warning: Watch out for thunderstorm asthma. With everything already in bloom, spring allergy counts remain at high levels.

1 week ago | wate.com | Katharin Czink |Dina Bair

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