Health and Fitness
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Illinois health department releases 5-year road mapNov 12, 2013 2:48 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois agency responsible for public health issues ranging from nursing home regulation to infectious disease control has released a five-year strate...
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Hoffman Estates recognized for combating childhood obesityNov 11, 2013 4:12 pm - The National League of Cities recently recognized Hoffman Estates for reaching key health and wellness goals for “Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties,” a component of...
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Affordable Care Act sessions in WaukeganNov 11, 2013 12:10 pm - Vista Health System is continuing free and open presentations called “What You Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act” on Nov. 12 and 14 in Waukegan. Open to anyone,...
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Sports injuries by the numbersNov 11, 2013 5:00 am - Sports injuries by the numbers
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Your health: Grow a mustache in fight against cancersNov 11, 2013 5:00 am - A hairy fight If you notice more men with mustaches this month, the reason might be “Movember,” a global campaign that encourages men to grow mustaches in November ...
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Injuries explode as youths specialize in a single sportNov 11, 2013 5:00 am - Blake Billinger began playing baseball year-round at age 10, when he joined a club team and competed in tournaments nearly every weekend. Two years later, his Silicon V...
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Diagnosing ADHD is anything but an exact scienceNov 11, 2013 5:00 am - When my son was in preschool, I did what many parents of excessively energetic and impulsive preschoolers have surely done: I worried whether his behavior might be a sig...
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Food challenge is reliable way to test for allergiesNov 11, 2013 4:55 am - Q: Last month I broke out in hives after eating oysters. I had a blood test, which came back negative for a shellfish allergy. Why does my doctor still want me to do a f...
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Veterans reap benefits of Naperville yoga classesNov 11, 2013 4:00 am - Rich Goulet's wife had been bugging him to try yoga. The back pain that has plagued the Naperville man since he left the Army in 1970 wouldn't go away despite frequent v...
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Naperville runners sweep city’s first marathonNov 10, 2013 3:39 pm - Naperville runners completed a hometown sweep Sunday at the inaugural Edward Hospital Naperville Marathon, dashing to first place in the men’s and women’s divisions of t...