Health and Fitness
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Fractures take time to heal, especially with osteoporosisSep 05, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I've been diagnosed with osteoporosis, and I currently have stress fractures in my feet. It's been five months, and they still haven't healed. I'm on a bone-building ...
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When the system fails your mentally ill or addicted loved oneSep 05, 2021 7:00 am - I've been advocating for a family in an excruciating situation. Their 39-year-old son - once a successful entrepreneur with a lovely young family - is now struggling wit...
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How to eat to improve your energySep 04, 2021 11:00 pm - A little extra energy during the day could benefit just about anyone. Late morning mental fatigue and the post-lunch yawns may seem unavoidable, but there are plenty of ...
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Remembering how Labor Day used to be way back whenSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - There is a wonderful song by the Judds — “Grandpa (Tell Me Bout' the Good Old Days.)” #8220;Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days Sometimes it feels like th...
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Is long COVID a concern for children?Sep 04, 2021 7:00 am - Millions of U.S. children and teens have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Fortunately, they have been less likely than adults, so far, to ...
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'Miracle' baby, once one of the country's smallest, now a teen who 'always gives it her all'Sep 04, 2021 1:00 am - The envelope sent to the hospital for "Baby Zoe" had no return address. There was no note inside, nothing stuffed in the envelope but a precious gift for the premature i...
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Lessons from 'knee-hab': Cycling columnist sidelined after fall from his bikeSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first column in a two-part series. Part two will publish next week. Mounting a bike on a May Texas evening, little did I realize that a minor...
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Visit the doctor, then see the dentist next door: Tri City Health Partnership acquires new medical building in St. CharlesSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - The Tri City Health Partnership soon begins a new chapter in its 20-year existence when 314 Walnut St. in St. Charles officially becomes the clinic's medical building. I...
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Parents may plead, but no wiggle room on vaccines for kids under 12, pediatricians warnSep 03, 2021 5:00 am - With the extremely contagious delta variant estimated to be causing most COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some parents might be tempted to ask doctors to fudge the rules and ...
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Suburban school COVID-19 outbreaks nearly triple this weekSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty-two more suburban schools reported COVID-19 outbreaks this week, nearly three times as many as a week ago. That's according to Illinois Department of Public Healt...