Health and Fitness
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Are marathoners running into heart trouble?Aug 19, 2013 5:22 am - Bill Wenmark has run 104 marathons and personally taught more than 4,000 first-time marathoners. He isn’t about to be scared away from either endeavor. But Wenmark, foun...
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Determining Alzheimer's early on critical to patients, familiesAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Claire Schooley tried for several years to get doctors to diagnose what was going on with her husband, David, now 57. He would ask her the same questions again and again...
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Is new fertility app ambitious or creepy?Aug 17, 2013 8:11 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. My meeting the other day with a hot new San Francisco startup began routinely enough. Ikea-furnished office full of Macs, shaggy company dog, high-end ...
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Veteran to speak on PTSD in commemoration of 9/11Aug 16, 2013 9:21 pm - NAMI Barrington will host USMC veteran and author, Derek Porter, for a presentation and signing of his new book “Conquering Mental Fatigues: PTSD & Hypervigilance disord...
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Schools must teach birth control in sex edAug 16, 2013 8:38 pm - Students in Illinois public schools that teach sex education will now be taught about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases — not just abstinence. Gov. Pat Qui...
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Somalia polio outbreak spreadsAug 16, 2013 5:05 pm - Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia is suffering an “explosive” outbreak of polio and now has more cases than the rest of the world combined, an official said Frid...
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Quinn OKs heroin task forceAug 16, 2013 2:10 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation today creating a task force aimed at beating back the rising use of heroin in the suburbs and throughout Illinois. The proposal, from s...
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Police stations offer prescription drug disposalAug 16, 2013 1:57 pm - The Des Plaines Police Station now has a prescription drug disposal box due to a collaborative effort by the Maine Community Youth Assistance Foundation, the Des Plaines...
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Q&A on the extreme sport of wingsuit flyingAug 16, 2013 6:00 am - GENEVA — The extreme sport of wingsuit flying that killed British stuntman Mark Sutton this week involves a special aerodynamic jumpsuit developed about a decade ago. It...
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St. Alexius discontinues Golden Circle programAug 15, 2013 6:27 pm - After 24 years of providing social and wellness services to people ages 50 and older, the St. Alexius Medical Center Golden Circle program has been discontinued. Jon Roz...