Health and Fitness
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Runners work up a Thanksgiving appetite at Naperville Turkey TrotNov 28, 2019 12:00 am - Getting up early on Thanksgiving morning to dress up as a turkey and run 3 miles in Naperville actually makes a lot more sense than putting oysters in your dressing. Ser...
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Naperville fitness center reopens after fireNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - A fitness center in south Naperville was back up and running late Tuesday after an afternoon fire caused a brief evacuation, authorities said. One firefighter suffered ...
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DuPage Health Coalition raising money for diabetes education on GivingTuesdayNov 25, 2019 10:00 pm - Local nonprofit DuPage Health Coalition is holding free diabetes education workshops. Diabetes education workshops are not rare but ones that so effectively motivate the...
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Cook County Health's Healthy Eating Tips for ThanksgivingNov 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Thanksgiving can be a tricky day for diabetics. Menus filled with carbohydrates and dishes that are high in fat and sugar can make the meal especially difficult to navig...
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Boston marathon survivor to speak at Harper Adaptive Sports DayNov 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Sevval Kurtaran had designed flyers before, but she'd never done so with people with visual impairments in mind. So when the Harper College student was asked to turn her...
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Lock up cannabis products to protect childrenNov 24, 2019 5:00 am - “CBD Sold Here” reads a sign in a storefront window. Another says “Try Our Edibles.” Down the street, there's a new marijuana dispensary. Because cannabis-based products...
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Robotic technology takes aim at lung cancerNov 24, 2019 5:00 am - An innovation now available at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital holds promise to fight lung cancer. The goal of the Auris Health Monarch Platform, a novel t...
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Colleges struggle with soaring student demand for counselingNov 24, 2019 5:00 am - More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find hel...
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Restrict red meat to an occasional splurgeNov 23, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I've always heard it's the saturated fat in red meat that leads to a heart attack. But now I'm reading it has something to do with the gut? Does that mean probiotics ...
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Low levels of vitamin D may raise breast cancer riskNov 23, 2019 5:00 am - One recent medical discovery is that low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for breast cancer. Earlier research on vitamin D and breast cancer was mixed. Some studies su...