Health and Fitness
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Exercising as you age: don't stop, be smartJul 23, 2017 7:00 am - You're not as young as you used to be. You feel it when you're out for a run with your dog or out on the golf course with friends. However, exercise plays a significant...
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Low BMI could lengthen healing time, according to study on athletes with fractures
Jul 22, 2017 7:30 am - Samantha Strong knows stress fractures. A former collegiate triathlete and high school runner, the 22-year old graduate student estimates she had eight or nine over her ...
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Global rise of yellow fever necessitates vaccine increaseJul 22, 2017 7:30 am - Q: I read that hospitals in the United States might run out of yellow fever vaccine soon. I'm a natural worrier, but I can't help wondering if yellow fever really is an ...
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Snake charms researchers with possibilities of blood clot preventionJul 22, 2017 7:30 am - The lethal venom of a Southeast Asian pit viper is being considered to help create a new class of antiplatelet drugs that could prevent dangerous blood clots. Researcher...
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Network provides access to care for travelersJul 22, 2017 7:00 am - Hello Alvin, a health care network providing consumers and their families direct access to quality care via mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets and computers,...
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Fit America Fest concludes Sunday in Hoffman EstatesJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - Running events highlighted the Fit America Fest in Hoffman Estates Saturday. Sponsored by Amita Health, the village and the Hoffman Estates Park District, the fest inclu...
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West Nile found in Lake CountyJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A batch of mosquitoes sampled July 14 in Zion has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Lake County Health Department reported Friday in a news release. It is the fir...
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Hoffman Estates offers immunization clinics for childrenJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates will offer immunization clinics for children who are underinsured, uninsured, or have Medicaid Title 19 during August. Reservations and p...
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District 220 nursing supervisor receives statewide honorJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220's nursing supervisor has received statewide recognition for a job officials say is important to keeping students in school. Eva Detloff...
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More women are living with the most serious form of breast cancerJul 20, 2017 11:00 pm - The number of women in the U.S. living with breast cancer that has spread throughout the body is growing - but that may not be as bad as it sounds. More and more women a...