Health and Fitness
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Film follows Arlington Heights family's tough decision on cochlear implantsAug 06, 2015 5:30 am - Jill Stark and her two children are playing at the park when a plane flies overhead. All three of them look up at the same time. Nothing remarkable about it, except that...
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Editorial: 'Right to Try' experimental drugs offers both hope and riskAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - Imagine being terminally ill. Imagine hearing about a medication that might help you live longer, but you can't have it since the FDA hasn't approved it. By approving th...
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Nominees sought for 2015 Nurse of the Year AwardAug 05, 2015 11:00 pm - An exceptional hematology-oncology nurse is dedicated, loved by patients and is an invaluable part of the blood cancer treatment team. The Leukemia Research Foundation s...
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Hersey grad studies HIV epidemic in war zoneAug 05, 2015 9:00 am - When Marianne Seneczko applied for a Fulbright Fellowship in 2013 to study the HIV epidemic in Ukraine, she had no way of knowing the country was on the brink of revolut...
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New indoor sports facility coming to NapervilleAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - When the weather gets too cold this fall and the evening skies too dark, Naperville-area athletes will have a new place to play. Naperville Yard, a 101,000-square-foot i...
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Disturbing decibels
Aug 03, 2015 5:45 am - Whether noise will harm your hearing depends on a combination of factors such as volume, exposure time, frequency and individual susceptibility. A single episode of ver...
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Hearing loss can be harmful, but it often can be alleviated
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Could one concert do a lifetime of damage to your ears?
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Legally blind man finishes Naperville triathlonAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - James Gilliard on Sunday became the first known athlete with disabilities to complete the Naperville Sprint Triathlon. Gilliard, who's legally blind, finished the 15th N...
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It's a family affair at Naperville Sprint TriathlonAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - Three generations of a DuPage County family had anything but a lazy Sunday morning in Naperville. Dick Phelan, 72, of Hinsdale, his three children and two grandchildren ...