Health and Fitness
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Stevenson High to offer healthier lunch options in fallFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - With an eye on student health, Lincolnshire's Stevenson High School will begin offering students fresher and more diverse meal options this fall. The goal is to help kid...
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Cardio Tennis: More focus on the sweat, not the netFeb 08, 2016 5:00 am - I am a very erratic tennis player. I love the game, but keeping the ball in play can be a challenge sometimes. And when my game takes a swing upward (pardon the pun) an...
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Memory Cafe in St. Charles to fight dementia-related isolationFeb 08, 2016 12:00 am - People with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias can find the challenges of dealing with the disease sometimes leads to losing social connections. Connecting with ot...
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13 Schaumburg centenarians share their long-life adviceFeb 07, 2016 7:00 am - More than 1,300 years were celebrated, as Friendship Village of Schaumburg honored its 13 centenarian residents at the retirement community's 39th anniversary. "It's be...
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Study: HIV can hide and grow in 'sanctuaries' in body after it's undetectable in blood
Feb 07, 2016 6:23 am - A new National Institutes of Health-funded study shows that HIV can still live and grow in the body even after disappearing from the blood following aggressive antiretro...
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Your health: Four ways to tame tension headachesFeb 07, 2016 6:17 am - Four ways to tame tension headaches If you have frequent tension headaches (more often than once or twice a week), the Harvard Medical School offers these strategie...
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Pay people to lose weight? Won't work
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The cause of nightmares remains a mysteryFeb 06, 2016 6:18 am - Q: Is there anything I can do to stop having terrible nightmares? They scare me, and ruin my sleep. A: There may be something you can do. The first thing you should know...
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Study finds few negatives for new doctors working long shifts
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Easter Seals: Early intervention key to successFeb 05, 2016 4:59 am - "It's enormously isolating when you know something is wrong with your child and everyone keeps saying he's fine," shares Mary Susan Murphy of Naperville. Within just a f...