Health and Fitness
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Antioch police install pill disposal boxAug 15, 2013 6:05 pm - Antioch police have paired with drug awareness foundation Save a Star to put a pill disposal box in the lobby of the police station. Police Chief Craig Somerville said t...
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Park personnel trained to protect safety of patronsAug 15, 2013 4:50 pm - Safety doesn’t happen by accident. It happens behind the scenes on a daily basis. Keeping the public and employees safe at pools, parks, playgrounds and programs requir...
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Campbell sued over heart-healthy sodium labelAug 15, 2013 1:33 pm - NEW YORK — A new lawsuit is contesting the validity of the heart-healthy claims on some cans of Campbell’s soups. At the center of the federal lawsuit is the “Heart-Chec...
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Safety fears spur regulations for trampoline gymsAug 15, 2013 5:11 am - PROVO, Utah — Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day...
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Rabid bat found in BataviaAug 14, 2013 4:25 pm - A rabid bat was found in a Batavia yard Saturday, the Kane County Health Department reported Wednesday. No humans suffered exposure to the rabies virus, department spoke...
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YWCA Lake County to offer Women’s Health ExpoAug 14, 2013 12:48 pm - YWCA Lake County is hosting its 12th Annual Women’s Health Awareness Expo at the Hinkston Fieldhouse, 800 Baldwin, Waukegan, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. Th...
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'Lali-Palooza' to warn of heroin risksAug 14, 2013 5:30 am - Lake County authorities say they'll use a battle of the bands competition called Lali-Palooza to start a discussion about the serious issue of heroin and opiate overdosi...
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Advocates needed to help Autism SpeaksAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - To all parents with a child, teenager or an adult with autism, Autism Speaks is looking for people who are interested in connecting with state and federal legislators ab...
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Good Shepherd to host diabetes clinic to assess riskAug 13, 2013 12:23 pm - The statistics are alarming. According to the American Diabetes Association and the National Centers for Disease Control, Diabetes affects nearly 26 million people in th...
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Live to 120? Most say no thanksAug 13, 2013 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Having a 90th birthday maybe, but not 120. Americans hope to stretch out life expectancy another decade or so, but they're ambivalent, even skeptical, about...