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The process for choosing a gym has something in common with choosing a home you want to live in.

Endorphins are natural brain chemicals that can improve your sense of well-being. One of the ways to stimulate the release of endorphins is by engaging in physical activity.

Due to the smoke plume, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency will be monitoring air quality and will follow up with a report through the EPA.

CGH will hold a lung-screening event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at 100 E. LeFevre Road in Sterling. Screenings require an appointment and a physician’s order.

Check out this baked pears recipe, made with three simple ingredients.

Working throughout CGH Medical Center and its clinics, these providers help ensure rural communities have access to safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.

Thirteen people have been named recipients of CGH Health Foundation nursing and healthcare scholarships.

DeWalt: Making your own smoothies with fresh, whole ingredients is best.

Sterling police officers were notified of a shooting that had occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 13th Avenue and East Fifth Street, Sterling.

Dixon Rural Fire Chief Dustin Dahlstrom presented the department’s Lifesaving Award on Tuesday to Amy Kutz. She is the first civilian to receive the award.

CGH Medical Center in Dixon is expanding its services to include a Ready Care walk-in clinic that will open in early August.

A Morrison man was seriously injured Monday when his motorcycle and a vehicle collided in rural Sterling.

Since 1987, the focus of the foundation has been to raise funds to sponsor health initiatives that serve Sauk Valley-area children and adults.

This is a busy time of year with graduation parties, weddings, festivals, etc. If you are trying to watch your weight and/or stay healthy, it can be challenging.

Eleven different grants are available, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.

Juvenile, who escaped prior to firefighters’ arrival, was transported to CGH Medical Center, evaluated and released.

Linda Olds-Steinert has been named the 2024 Distinguished Alumna for University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing – Quad Cities Regional Campus.

Carbohydrates in the form of whole, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, grains or beans are essential to our health.

Proceeds help fund CGH Auxiliary projects.

Joan Hermes is retiring after 32 years as executive director.

IMR enables a cardiology team to develop patient-specific care plans for individuals who come in with unexplained chest pain and shortness of breath

CGH Auxiliary will host a shoe sale fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the CGH Ryberg Auditorium, 100 E. LeFevre Road.

DeWalt: Feb. 1 is National Dark Chocolate Day, and you may have heard that dark chocolate is healthier than milk or white chocolate. I would say “that depends”.

No one injured in fire that broke out Sunday morning at 507 15th Ave., Sterling.

Mocktails are great for those times when you feel like a special beverage is in order but still choose to abstain from alcohol.

Members and guests at the recent Rock Falls Rotary meeting took a moment to pose with the newest “ex-officio member”, Twister.

Register now for the free monthly CGH Wits Fitness brain exercise classes taught by University of Illinois Extension educator Kara Schweitzer. Sessions are from 1:30-3 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month from Jan. 9 to Dec. 10, 2024.

AFSCME members and supporters showed up at CGH Medical Center in Sterling Tuesday night, to protest what they say is management’s refusal to come to a contract agreement – an accusation the top hospital administrator denies.

Cranberries have an impressive nutritional profile. They’re a great source of vitamin C and a good source of several other vitamins and minerals.

Karen Hosler, a registered nurse in the CGH Emergency Department, was recently recognized as a recipient of the DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the CGH Main Clinic Lobby, 101 E. Miller Road, Sterling. Thousands of holiday lights will illuminate CGH Medical Center, the CGH Main Clinic and CGH Downtown Medical Center.

Items for sale from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pumpkin is an incredibly nutritious food. It’s nutrient dense, meaning it has lots of vitamins and minerals and relatively few calories. It’s an especially good source of fiber, vitamin A, vitamin K, copper and vitamin E.

When the U.S. ended its COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, it changed the way hospitals are supplied with vaccine doses. CGH Medical Center's order of 50 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine currently is on backorder.

Over the next 18 to 24 months, CGH Medical Center will undergo major construction involving the entrance, lobby, admitting department, Auxiliary gift shop and the CGH Café.

In Japan they espouse the benefits of Shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing”. This practice of immersing yourself in nature in a mindful way is said to allow the stressed portions of your brain to relax.

Thousands took part in Saturday’s 31st annual Pumpkin Dash.

This chili is low in calories, high in fiber and has no saturated fat.

CGH Home Nursing has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs as a “Premier Performer”.

There is always a chance that you could be hit by a bus tomorrow or some other accidental cause of death but given the statistics, it is far more likely that you and I will live well into our 80s

Updates will be posted on the CGH Facebook page

Gazpacho is a soup that is served cold making it great for hot weather

There are certain foods that naturally lend themselves to cravings.

Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution have programmed us to eat when we see food because we might not know where our next meal is coming from.

CGH Medical Center in Sterling plans to administer 130 to 150 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine per day.

CGH admits and discharges for Nov. 6, 2006

CGH admits and discharges for Nov. 3, 2006