Health and Fitness
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Which is best for your child: Pediatrician, emergency department or immediate care?Dec 05, 2020 5:00 am - Your child is sick or injured and needs to be seen by experts. But what level of care do they need? The answer doesn't always come easy to parents. Pediatrician? Emergen...
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Hospital stays can leave elderly patients confused, disorientedDec 05, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Why do the elderly lose ground mentally when they go to the hospital? Our grandmother had emergency gall bladder surgery, and afterward she got so confused that she t...
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Free flu shots in WaukeganDec 04, 2020 12:00 am - Most Blessed Trinity Parish in Waukegan is partnering with Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics to distribute free flu shots at the Catholic church from 9 a.m. to...
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Northwestern Medicine breast health centers achieve national re-accreditationDec 03, 2020 10:00 pm - The high-quality care patients receive at the Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Breast Health Center and the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Breast Hea...
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Tips on how to dress for cold weather while cyclingDec 02, 2020 10:00 pm - "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes." That's the mantra of Scandinavian parents raising healthy, resilient youngsters unafraid of the outdoors. Same ...
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Illinois Fire Safety Alliance gives holiday gifts to children with burn injuries at Loyola Medical CenterDec 01, 2020 10:00 pm - The Illinois Fire Safety Alliance and Loyola Medical Center in Maywood are continuing to expand their relationship by collaborating this holiday season and brining a bit...
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COD nursing alumna opens first free-standing birth center in DuPage CountyDec 01, 2020 10:00 pm - Sarah Stetina witnessed her first live birth during a labor and delivery clinical rotation as a second-year nursing student at College of DuPage. "I had just witnessed t...
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Constable: Even marathoners have hit pandemic wall, but they press onDec 01, 2020 4:30 am - In March I got myself a face mask, learned how to spell “coronavirus,” and was actually looking forward to spending a week — maybe two — working from home. Nine months l...
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Mobile COVID-19 testing offered in Elgin and Hampshire next weekNov 30, 2020 10:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department recently announced that a mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be in Kane County next week to p...
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Three Lakes Foundation and MATTER name winners of 2020 Innovation Challenge for pulmonary fibrosisNov 29, 2020 10:00 pm - Three Lakes Foundation in Northbrook and incubator hub MATTER announced the four winners of an Innovation Challenge intended to accelerate new solutions in diagnosing, t...