Articles filed under Health
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Taking sides -- how to help kids eat rightOct 31, 2021 5:45 pm - Four-year-old Allie Kaemmerer absolutely loves snacking on Goldfish crackers and fruit snacks, and her favorite meal is macaroni and cheese. But the Wheaton youngster an...
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Preventive steps could save 100,000 U.S. livesOct 31, 2021 5:47 pm - Increased use of just five preventive services would save more than 100,000 lives every year in the United States, health experts said in a report. Of the five preventio...
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Our desire for caffeinated 'energy' products is soaringOct 31, 2021 5:44 pm - A few years ago, it dawned on Zach Thomas that coffee didn't have enough caffeine. At the time, he was pulling all-nighters as a student at the United States Military Ac...
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County officials offer tips on how to safely clean up after floodingOct 31, 2021 5:17 pm - Following the recent heavy rains, McHenry County Department of Health cautions residents of the dangers of floodwater contaminated with bacteria, viruses and other organ...
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The Ides of March to play at benefitOct 31, 2021 5:21 pm - If you like guitars, country music or both, plan on attending the Parkinson's disease benefit "Concert for a Cure" Friday at Mill Creek in Geneva. "As part of the evenin...
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Peppermint cures what ails you -- or does itOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - Candy and ice cream come to mind. Some of us, dating ourselves, may start singing a little bit of "Peppermint Twist," the 1962 hit song by Joey Dee and the Starliters: "...
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Stress can make a bad diet more fatteningOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - The combination of chronic stress and a junk-food diet causes more weight gain than the diet would on its own, according to a new study on mice. The study, published onl...
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Study aimed at saving young eyesOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - Doctors are testing whether fish oil could save premature babies' eyesight. Perhaps nowhere in the body is the adage "you are what you eat" so true as in your eyes, a li...
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Barbershops good place for a trim, blood pressure checkOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - Black Americans have one of the highest rates of high blood pressure in the world. The consequences are devastating: premature death and disability from heart attacks, s...
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Study shows less than 25 percent of alcoholics seek treatmentOct 31, 2021 5:13 pm - More than 30 percent of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment, according to a new...