Health and Fitness
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4 ways to help your child 'fall back'Oct 20, 2019 7:00 am - Daylight Saving Time for 2019 will come to an end in a little more than a week. Though this means only falling back one hour, any parent can tell you what that hour mean...
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Free or discounted care is available at some hospitals. But they don't make it easy.
Oct 20, 2019 6:00 am - When Ashley Pintos went to the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, with a sharp pain in her abdomen and no insurance, a representative dem...
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New therapies offer hope to migraine sufferersOct 20, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I hate having migraines. The pain is brutal, they knock me down for days and everyone thinks I'm just having a bad headache. Why do they happen? Can you tell me about...
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Runners, 'Charity Heroes' go the distance for Healthy Driven Naperville racesOct 20, 2019 1:00 am - The seventh annual Healthy Driven Naperville Half Marathon and 5K highlighted both the fresh and the familiar. Sunday's event featured a first-time winner in Wheaton's B...
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Doctors, patients turning to text for diagnosis and treatmentOct 19, 2019 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn't even leave her dining room. The emergency p...
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Grief: Patio gardens cheer everyday lifeOct 19, 2019 11:00 pm - A patio garden is a favorite hobby of mine. It brings me cheer all spring and summer because it is in full view right outside my kitchen sliding glass doors and the wind...
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Can devices pull you out of your slump?
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Health insurance reminder: Fall is 'use it or lose it' timeOct 19, 2019 7:00 am - Chances are, you pay dearly for your health insurance - and you want to get the most from your investment. But many health-care consumers forget that some health-care be...
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Nonprofits register now for the 10th annual McHenry County Human RaceOct 17, 2019 11:00 pm - Charities serving McHenry County should register now to participate in the April 26, 2020 McHenry County Human Race. Registration is at www.mchumanrace.org. Beginning D...
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Local expert answers questions about the dangers of vapingOct 13, 2019 7:31 am - When vaping first became popular, it was touted as a safer alternative to smoking. But in the past few months, 26 people have died and hundreds more have been sickened b...