Health and Fitness
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Is it OK to tell an Alzheimer's patient a white lie?
Mar 31, 2018 7:00 am - A reader dealing with the strains of a family member suffering from Alzheimer's raised this interesting question: "Our father always stressed how important it was to tel...
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'A sense of normalcy': Former preemie donates infant clothes to Aurora hospitalMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - By medical standards, Olivia Bailey-Powell was not ready for the world when she was born 11 years ago, weighing 1 pound 13 ounces. She couldn't go home with her mother,...
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Advocate Lutheran General offers 5 signs your pelvic floor is out of whackMar 28, 2018 11:00 pm - The pelvic floor muscles - those that support the organs located in the pelvic region - need to be stronger than people think. Even though we don't see these muscles and...
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District 15 wants 'inclusive practices' for students with severe food allergiesMar 28, 2018 5:00 am - A Palatine Township Elementary District 15 committee of parents, administrators and others is expected to offer ideas on ways to improve how schools across the system ha...
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Celebrate National Public Health Week April 2-8Mar 27, 2018 11:00 pm - McHenry County Department of Health joins communities across the nation in celebrating National Public Health Week April 2-8. First recognized by President Bill Clinton ...
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Northwestern Medicine spotlighting women in neurosurgeryMar 27, 2018 11:00 pm - In a moment in history where gender equality is at the forefront of conversation, there is still a disparity for women surgeons - especially women in neurosurgery. Acc...
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National Public Health Week to focus on 'Creating the Healthiest Nation'Mar 27, 2018 11:00 pm - On April 2-8, the Kane County Health Department will celebrate National Public Health Week. Presented by the American Public Health Association, the goal is to bring to...
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“I'm thinking, 'Gee, is 85 supposed to be old?'" Runner, veteran is getting fasterMar 27, 2018 5:30 am - At 49, Iggy Cascio of Schaumburg was pretty old to be entering his first competitive race. Still, he was disappointed that he didn't finish better in that first 10K in B...
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Cancer survivor touts benefits of colonoscopyMar 26, 2018 11:00 pm - Matt Evangelista of Glen Ellyn isn't shy about discussing his bowel habits, and he says you shouldn't be either. A colorectal cancer survivor, Evangelista is quick to s...
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New program at hospital promotes mother-newborn bondingMar 26, 2018 11:00 pm - The exclusive skin-to-skin product of La Leche League International, the worldwide breast-feeding organization, has come to Northwest Community Healthcare this year and ...