Health and Fitness
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Gluten Free, Allergen Friendly Expo returns to Schaumburg April 7-8Mar 22, 2018 1:00 am - The Gluten Free & Allergen Friendly Expo is returning to the Schaumburg Convention Center April 7 and 8. Attendees can visit with more than 150 brands exhibiting the bes...
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A call for help: Why Batavia man is seeking living kidney donorMar 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Facing his body's rejection of a transplanted kidney and seeking a living donor to essentially save his life is tough physically and mentally for Scott Buckingham. But n...
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Taylor Family YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program taking action and changing the oddsMar 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Taylor Family YMCA in Elgin will offer the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, an innovative program proven to reduce the burden of type 2 diabetes, beginning Tuesday, M...
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A Day in the Life of a DietitianMar 21, 2018 11:00 pm - In honor of National Nutrition Month in March, find out what it is like to be a clinical dietitian. Learn how Laura Yudys, MS, RD, LDN, inpatient dietitian at Northwest...
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How to safeguard against household poisoningMar 20, 2018 11:00 pm - Each year in Illinois, more people are hospitalized for poisonings than for injuries from firearms and motor vehicle collisions combined, according to the Illinois Poiso...
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Renz Center supports Alcohol Awareness Month, offers free assessmentsMar 19, 2018 11:00 pm - April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and this year's theme, "Changing Attitudes: It's Not a 'Right of Passage'," is a national grassroots effort to draw attention to the ma...
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Why fitness, self-care businesses are thriving in suburban mallsMar 19, 2018 5:30 am - Roaming around Stratford Square Mall in the early 2000s with his friends, Ryan LeBreux of Bloomingdale thought it would be cool to work there — to hit up the food court ...
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Donors earn chance to win easter basket March 19-26Mar 18, 2018 11:00 pm - LifeSource will thank blood donors who visit any one of its 17 area community donor centers or fixed sites between March 19-26 with the chance to win an Easter basket ch...
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Goalie makes huge save - an opposing player's lifeMar 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Oliver Urrego sprang into action March 1 when an opposing player collapsed on the ice during an adult league hockey game at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. Urr...
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Meet the 2018 Fittest Loser trainersMar 18, 2018 7:45 am - No one achieves their goals alone. Without a support system it's hard for anyone to consistently work out, eat healthy, and make lasting lifestyle changes. That's why, i...