Health and Fitness
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Women get muddy for a good cause in Hoffman EstatesJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - The Dirty Girl Mud Run, a 3.1-mile obstacle course run for women of all ages and athletic abilities across the country, visited the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates Satur...
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Grayslake library to host blood driveJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - LifeSource will be at the Grayslake Area Public Library, 100 Library Lane, Grayslake, on Friday, July 3, to collect blood from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All donors will re...
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Woodland Dist. 50 launching breakfast programJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 in Gurnee will have a breakfast program for students starting in September. "We anticipate this program to be self-supporting," District ...
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Two yoga studios relocating to downtown LombardJun 24, 2015 1:00 am - Two established yoga studios opening in downtown Lombard on July 1 will offer a variety of services for anyone interested in the discipline, from kids and beginners to a...
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1 HPV vaccine might prevent cancer, not three, study says
Jun 23, 2015 6:00 am - LONDON — Protecting girls from cervical cancer might be possible with just one dose of the HPV vaccine rather than the three now recommended, a new analysis suggests. Th...
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Vitamin may block some skin cancersJun 22, 2015 6:12 am - A cheap, over-the-counter vitamin appears to reduce the recurrence of some common skin cancers associated with sun exposure, researchers recently reported. Nicotinamide,...
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Vietnam vets' nightmares may unlock hidden link to dementia
Jun 22, 2015 6:00 am - SYDNEY — David Hay was almost out of ammunition when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded in the turret of his Centurion tank in the rubber plantation village of Binh Ba,...
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How long is too long to sit at your desk?
Jun 22, 2015 5:45 am - You may want to stand up while you read this. The average office worker sits about 10 hours a day. There are all those hours in front of the computer, plowing through em...
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New study says chocolate is good for your heartJun 21, 2015 6:00 am - Ahh, chocolate. There probably isn't a more magical ingredient on earth than the sweet, dark brown flavoring used for more than 3,000 years. Today most chocolate is cons...
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Elgin dentist has a cancer perspective this Father's DayJun 20, 2015 7:38 am - Dentist in Elgin tackling what he couldn't plan for