Welcome to the OSF HealthCare Blog

Staying up to date on what's happening in health care can be a challenge these days. The OSF HealthCare Blog offers you the latest thinking on health care innovation, wellness, preventive medicine, diet, fitness and more. Hear from OSF HealthCare experts as well as from our patients who experience our care first hand.

Happy female patient

Activity room stimulates patient recovery

March 18, 2019

Purple potatoes on a cutting board

Are potatoes healthy?

March 14, 2019

A car seat check at OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois

Is your car seat installed correctly?

March 11, 2019

Woman who cannot sleep looking at melatonin and other sleep aids on a tabletop.

How to safely use melatonin (and other sleep aids)

March 8, 2019

Take action against colorectal cancer

Doctor’s story raises awareness about colon cancer screening

March 4, 2019

Infant hand wrapped around a finger of a congential heart specialist

Fixing rare congenital heart defect is an ‘80-year win’

March 1, 2019