Health and Fitness
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When living with grief, avoid negative and difficult peopleJan 04, 2020 5:00 am - In grief, we are vulnerable. We are trying to figure out how to manage without our beloved spouse, parent or friend. So it is important to avoid complaining or negative ...
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Get moving in the right direction for 2020Jan 04, 2020 5:00 am - As the new year gets under way, it's a great time to reflect on the past 12 months while also looking ahead to 2020. For many, the new year brings new hope, new priorit...
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Most sleepwalkers have no memory of the eventJan 04, 2020 5:00 am - Q: I am an 82-year-old woman. When I was in my teens, I did some sleepwalking. A recent occurrence during the night is making me wonder if I have sleepwalked again. What...
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Edward Hospital performs 5,000th da Vinci robotic-assisted surgeryJan 03, 2020 10:00 pm - When his bladder cancer returned last year, Gavin McHugh knew he was in for a more complex surgery than the one he had in 2018 to remove a tumor from his bladder wall. ...
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Protecting Our Children Conference to unite community professionalsJan 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, in partnership with the Kane County Health Department and the All Our Kids Early Childhood Network, is hosting a conference to foc...
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Give a pint, get a free Firehouse subs sandwich in JanuaryJan 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Firehouse Subs restaurants across Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana are partnering with Vitalant (formerly LifeSource) by offering a free sandwich voucher to persons who...
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Kane County Health Department invites you to join new year health challengesDec 30, 2019 10:00 pm - Make a healthy start for 2020! The Kane County Health Department recently announced two challenges designed to help residents become healthier in the new year. Kane Hea...
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Children can make their own resolutions. Keep them simple and funDec 29, 2019 6:00 am - The new year signals a time when most of us pause and consider ways to improve ourselves with lofty intentions for the coming year. This year, we enter a fresh decade wh...
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Don't wait until you're older to get your health in orderDec 29, 2019 6:00 am - Heart attack and stroke risks may loom larger when you're older, but getting your cholesterol under control when you're younger could be critically important to your lon...
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Realistic resolutions for a healthier 2020Dec 29, 2019 5:00 am - Do you make New Year's resolutions? Forty-five percent of us do, and more often than not, they're health related. However, research tells us that only 8% of us will actu...