Health and Fitness
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Ask the doctors: Preparing an essential vacation first-aid kit for familiesAug 01, 2024 11:11 pm - While first-aid kits are widely available for sale, consider what your family may need before leaving for a vacation. Prescription medicines, or extra eyeglasses, for instance, may be needed.
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Keeping gymnastics safe and fun for kidsAug 01, 2024 10:55 pm - Gymnastics, always popular, can be a great sport for children, helping them build strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. It’s also important to ensure a safe, positive experience by preventing gymnastics injuries.
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Middle age shouldn’t be a drag. How a ‘chrysalis’ mindset can help
Aug 01, 2024 4:40 pm - With the American population rapidly aging, there’s a new urgency for reframing midlife as a promising time of positive transformation.
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For healthy aging, light exercise or sleep beats being sedentary
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Summer biking offers riders, spectators a variety of fun eventsJul 31, 2024 12:32 pm - Chicago area biking offers an exciting, varied summer menu: Racing, race spectating, club rides and unique community events.
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Boar’s Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak
Jul 31, 2024 11:31 am - The popular deli meat company Boar's Head is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat products made at a Virginia plant as an investigation into a deadly ...
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Life changing: Waterfront Long Table Dinner to benefit St. Charles nonprofitJul 30, 2024 6:43 am - Project Mobility in St. Charles works every day to give people with disabilities the chance to feel the wind in their face and their hearts beating fast as they ride adaptive bikes made just for them.
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Grief & healing: The surprising cheerfulness of artificial flowersJul 27, 2024 6:00 am - Life changes and in grief, it may help to be open to change.
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Mental health clinics across the U.S. are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers
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These essential oils have science-backed health benefits