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Adam Hergenreder, de 18 años, duerme en su habitación en la unidad de cuidados intensivos el miércoles 4 de septiembre de 2019 en el Centro Médico Advocate Condell en Libertyville. Hergenreder fue ingresado en el hospital el sábado con una 'lesión pulmonar aguda inducida por inhalación (vapeo)', según el doctor Stephen Amesbury, médico de cuidados críticos y pulmonares del hospital.

‘Dejen el vapeo, eso atacará sus pulmones’ es el mensaje de un adolescente a sus compañeros

September 6, 2019 at 3:09 p.m.

Adam Hergenreder comenzó a fumar hace dos años cuando tenía 16. Los sabores de menta y mango eran sus favoritos. Ahora Hergenreder, residente de Gurnee, está hospitalizado y no puede...

As many as 450 people have been hospitalized across the country with a mystery respiratory illness linked to vaping, including dozens in Illinois, officials said.

5 deaths have been linked to vaping. Officials are urging consumers to stop.

September 7, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

As the number of deaths related to a mystery respiratory illness linked to vaping has increased to five, state and federal public health officials warned the public Friday to refrain...

Photos of Piper Johnson are displayed in a conference room Sept. 5, 2019. The 18-year-old was hospitalized in Colorado in August with a respiratory illness.

Parents of New Lenox teen hospitalized on her way to college call for statewide ban on flavored vaping products

September 6, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

A New Lenox couple tearfully pleaded with parents and legislators Thursday to take a stand against the vaping industry after their 18-year-old daughter was hospitalized in Colorado last month with...

Umbilical cord blood saved Chicago woman’s life more than 20 years ago. Now she’ll meet the family who donated it

September 5, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

Holly Becker always wondered about the family that saved her life. On Christmas Eve 1997, at age 24, Becker was diagnosed with stage 4, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After six months of...

Adam Hergenreder, 18, sleeps in his room in the intensive care unit while his mom, Polly Hergenreder, works on her computer on Sept. 4, 2019, at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

‘It’s going to attack your lungs’: Gurnee teen hospitalized for vaping has message for his peers

September 16, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

Adam Hergenreder started vaping about two years ago at age 16. The mint and mango flavors were his favorites. Now Hergenreder, of Gurnee, is hospitalized and unable to breathe without...

Recent CPS graduate Jeremy Mitchell is a concierge at Warren Barr Gold Coast rehabilitation facility who helps patients with their food and keeps them company.

‘I’ve got to start working. The whole family, they depend on me’: New program finds work, career paths for at-risk CPS grads

August 30, 2019 at 9:41 a.m.

A few years ago, Jeremy Mitchell wasn't doing well in school. His grades were slipping, and he thought his best shot at a better life was playing professional basketball or...

Medical experts say that although vaping needs more study, it's clear that e-cigarette ingredients can cause harm, including from secondhand vapors.

More bad news about vaping: Teens increasingly are breathing in secondhand e-cigarette vapors, report says

August 28, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

About one third of middle and high school students were exposed in 2018 to secondhand vapors from e-cigarettes — a number that's increased in recent years, according to a report...

An Illinois resident hospitalized for an unknown respiratory illness possibly linked to vaping has died.

An Illinois resident just died after a mysterious vaping-related illness. It could be the first death linked to vaping in the U.S.

October 21, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

After the death of an Illinois resident hospitalized for an unknown respiratory illness linked to vaping — the first in the country since a rash of hospitalizations across many states...

As state and federal health officials search for answers, experts say it's important for parents to understand the dangers of vaping and e-cigarettes — now the most used tobacco products among youths.

With a mystery illness surrounding vaping, what parents need to know

August 22, 2019 at 2:01 p.m.

As public health officials try to identify a respiratory illness that has hospitalized teenagers who vape across the country, including as many as 22 in Illinois, experts say some parents...

Alyse Ruriani, 24, of Albany Park, has a history of depression and suicide attempts from her teenage years. Though she has been in recovery for several years, Ruriani said she notices her menstrual cycle can affect her mood and cause depression symptoms at certain times. Researchers at UIC are studying how hormone fluctuations during a women's menstrual cycle can put those with a history of suicidal thoughts at risk.

Can hormone stabilization keep suicidal thoughts at bay for women? UIC researchers are looking for answers.

March 22, 2024 at 2:16 p.m.

Alyse Ruriani, 24, is living in recovery from the depression and suicidal thoughts that plagued her teenage years. But every month she knows there's a possibility some symptoms could return...

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