Health and Fitness
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Families should focus on outdoor safety as warm weather arrivesMay 05, 2019 7:30 am - With the warm weather, kids are going outside to play. That means this is a good time to think about keeping them safe outdoors. First, review your rules as a family. W...
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Fittest Loser At Work teams celebrate favorite momentsMay 05, 2019 7:00 am - Fittest Loser At Work participants are already celebrating their successes as they prepare for final weigh-in appointments this week. Steve Richter of Schaumburg Park Di...
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A busy life and lack of sleep takes its tollMay 05, 2019 7:00 am - As each week passes, I find myself another week closer to the Fittest Loser finale, and I feel stressed and bummed about it. Each passing day is like watching a lit fuse...
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Heading a soccer ball can cause subconcussive injuryMay 04, 2019 7:30 am - Q: My granddaughters are absolutely crazy about soccer. They're constantly trying to outdo each other with their maneuvers, and now one is trying to learn to “head” the ...
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What to do when you can't get a diagnosisMay 04, 2019 7:15 am - So, you know something is physically wrong, but your doctor can't seem to diagnose it. Despite your pain, chronic digestive problems, or other very real symptoms, all yo...
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Don't go home directly after a funeralMay 04, 2019 7:00 am - My dear husband had a belief that stemmed from growing up in Nazareth, the biblical town in the Holy Land: It was that, after a funeral, one should not go directly home....
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Answers to your questions about the measles
May 04, 2019 7:00 am - The United States is experiencing its second-highest number of measles cases in nearly two decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the diagnosed cas...
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Arlington Heights mayor reissues challenge to raise funds for vetsMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes and a local business have issued a special challenge to raise funds for a veterans organization this Memorial Day weekend. Hayes for th...
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Drug reduction march May 18May 03, 2019 1:00 am - Saturday, May 18, is the new date for the Lake County Young Marines' drug demand reduction march. The march will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Gurnee police department, 100 ...
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Achoo! Hay fever afflicts 25.5 million people a year
May 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Plagued with itchy, watery eyes, sniffling and sneezing? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you're in good company - about 19.9 million U.S. ad...