Health and Fitness
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Senior health fair:Oct 15, 2013 5:09 pm - State Rep. Ed Sullivan and State Sen. Dan Duffy will host their annual senior citizens’ health fair Friday, Oct. 18, at the Libertyville Sports Complex, 1950 N. Route 45...
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Flu shots:Oct 15, 2013 5:09 pm - Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is offering flu shots from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for anyone over the age of 6 months. No appointment is needed and wal...
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Social media fuels dangerous weight-loss goalOct 14, 2013 6:03 am - BALLWIN, Mo. — Experts in eating disorders are concerned about an Internet-fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly dangerous w...
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New exercise programs aimed with moms in mindOct 14, 2013 6:00 am - The other women in class curled dumbbells as they lunged. But Lindsay Macaleer put down her weights and instead gently rocked her double stroller to soothe her 2-year-ol...
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Your Health: Kale is the new superfoodOct 14, 2013 6:00 am - Let them eat kale Spinach should be green with envy, because there’s a new superfood in the produce section, according to The Washington Post. Packed with beta-caro...
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Healthier food coming to schools in 2014Oct 14, 2013 6:00 am - Any parent who has fixed a nutritious school lunch only to find it untouched in a backpack the next morning will be heartened by new federal rules that will take effect ...
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Oakton workshop focuses on adolescents suffering from depressionOct 13, 2013 2:40 pm - Recent surveys indicate that as many as one in five teens suffers from clinical depression, which can lead to substance abuse and suicidal thoughts or actions. Oakton Co...
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Cough drops get sleep aids with Smith Brothers overhaulOct 13, 2013 7:22 am - Can’t sleep? Dehydrated? There’s a cough drop for that. Smith Brothers Co., known for 1800s-era black-and-white bags featuring its bearded founders, is reinventing the m...
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Naperville walkers share memories of their 'angels'Oct 12, 2013 4:00 pm - Tiny Savannah Rae Dussman only lived four days, but her parents have a lifetime of memories. “She was beautiful,” Courtney Dussman said of the daughter who died of a rar...
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Seawater bacteria, often fatal, finding victims in the SouthOct 11, 2013 3:36 pm - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Patty Konietzky thought the small purple lesion on her husband’s ankle was a spider bite. But when the lesion quickly spread across his body like ...