Health and Fitness
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Breast cancer survivors create own products to help othersFeb 22, 2020 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Women fighting breast cancer are increasingly seeing more options for bras as well as clean beauty treatments and other products that help them look and feel ...
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Four more firms to stop selling inclined sleepers amid scrutiny
Feb 22, 2020 5:00 am - Four more companies announced they will recall their infant inclined sleepers, the latest step in a renewed push by federal regulators to remove these baby products from...
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Naperville boy fundraises for pancreatic cancer research after grandmother diagnosedFeb 22, 2020 12:00 am - Naperville's Wes Selby decided he wanted to show that children can make a positive difference in the world, after learning his grandmother was diagnosed with pancreatic ...
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South Elgin girl, born with rare heart defect, loves to danceFeb 20, 2020 10:00 pm - Watching 9-year-old Breanna Ruud, smiling and tapping away at a tap dance class, you'd never guess that the South Elgin girl had four open heart surgeries before the age...
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All in the family: Amita Health foundations unite for galaFeb 20, 2020 5:00 am - A star-studded event, designed to draw supporters from all of the hospitals in the Amita Health System - for the first time - features whimsical lily pads on its invitat...
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Constable: After cochlear implant, student aims to help others with hearing lossFeb 20, 2020 4:00 am - Deaf since birth, Caroline Yuk of Crystal Lake can't remember a time when she couldn't hear. “I was implanted when I was 2 years old,” says Yuk, referring to her cochlea...
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This Mundelein 6-year-old is done with leukemia. Classmates call him a superhero.Feb 20, 2020 12:00 am - A sea of orange greeted a little boy and his family Thursday afternoon as students and staff members of Washington Early Learning Center in Mundelein honored him as the ...
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Vasa Fitness continues rapid growth with 30 percent increase in clubs in 2020Feb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - Today VASA Fitness announces the continuation of its rapid growth with a projected 30 percent increase in clubs expected in 2020 with the opening of 13 new locations. Pa...
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Weight management in grief: It's worth it to make it a priorityFeb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - Many people wish to lose weight, adopt more healthy eating habits or get more exercise. All good ideas but harder to do than having wishful thinking and good intentions....
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$99 vascular screening could save your lifeFeb 17, 2020 12:00 am - Procrastination is in our human nature: We often wait until the last moment to file taxes or take our time with necessary housework. We then get annoyed by the sometimes...