Health and Fitness
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Children's Dental Health Month stresses importance of oral health care for kidsFeb 04, 2017 6:26 am - Dental health is one of the most critical, unmet health care issues facing Illinois children today. Good oral health care is imperative for children, but many caregiver...
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Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain
Feb 04, 2017 6:20 am - Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research shows. Benefits were grea...
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When is it time to cut back on your prescription medicine?
Feb 04, 2017 6:00 am - There was nothing unique about that patient encounter except that it was my first appointment of 2017 and everyone at the office was buzzing about their New Year's resol...
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New aortic valve system at Central DuPage offers less invasive alternative to traditional open heart surgeryFeb 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) is the first hospital in Chicago's western suburbs to offer a recently approved less invasive, "sutureless" or "rapid...
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Harpist soothes the souls at Libertyville hospitalFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - The hospital nursery was calm and mellow while harpist Joanne Glover played "Let It Be" on a folk harp. Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville launched the The...
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Pfister named Lake County Health Department chiefFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - Mark Pfister, a veteran of the Lake County Health Department and interim director since June, has been named its executive director. The appointment by the Lake County B...
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Family Health Partnership Clinic brings healthcare to the homelessJan 31, 2017 10:00 pm - Family Health Partnership Clinic has partnered with McHenry County PADS, a program of Pioneer Center for Human Services, to bring basic health care services direct to in...
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E-cigarettes: Bad for Your HeartJan 31, 2017 10:00 pm - Habitual e-cigarette use has been found to increase risk factors linked to negative cardiovascular effects, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Cardiology...
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Lake Barrington teen eager to start 3,300-mile bike ride for charityJan 30, 2017 4:36 am - One might assume that the question on the mind of someone facing a 3,300-mile, cross-country cycling trip would be "will my body hold up?" But for Jan Gierlach, the Lak...
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Race for the Cure is moving to Montrose for 20th anniversaryJan 29, 2017 10:00 pm - Susan G. Komen Chicagoland's Mother's Day Race for the Cure will celebrate its 20th anniversary Sunday, May 14, with moves from Grant Park and Lombard to an iconic lakef...