Katharin Czink

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For Wednesday, April 9, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including:Turns out eating during the day is most important, even for people who work the overnight shift! A new study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers suggests that enjoying meals only during daytime hours protects against heart disease. They say food timing is more important than sleep timing when it comes to heart health. Prior research has shown the health threat from working the night shift.

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WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For the patients who come through the door of the Next Steps clinic in southwest suburban Willow Springs, it takes tremendous effort. But it’s worth it. “We are really living out our mission here at Next Steps, which was to provide access to technology at a community level,” physical therapist and clinic director Mary Jones said.

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

For Monday, April 7, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including:Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy have the power to improve chronic low back pain. Penn State researchers say after a year, patients not only felt less pain but also took fewer addictive pain medications. One in four Americans suffers from persistent back ailments, which alter quality of life and activity.

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TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — Sunday service at Crossroads Global Methodist Church often starts in song, but on the morning of November 17, 2013, it began with tornado sirens alerting congregants of an approaching storm. “Everybody’s phones were going off,” executive director Donna Cimino recalled.

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

CHICAGO — Many medical facilities face challenges when it comes to recruitment and retention of doctors — especially those in underserved neighborhoods. Instead of relying on third-party staffing, a Chicago hospital took a traditional path — and it’s paying off. Dr Romeen Lavani is the chief medical officer at Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago. “There is something about this hospital that people immediately take to and warm up to and they stay forever.