Health and Fitness
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Childhood obesity forumJul 30, 2013 4:28 pm - YWCA Lake County is conducting their 4th Annual Obesity Forum on “How to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity” Wednesday, July 31, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn G...
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Salad pegged in Iowa, Neb. cyclospora outbreakJul 30, 2013 4:00 pm - LINCOLN, Neb. — Iowa and Nebraska health officials said Tuesday that a prepackaged salad mix is the source of a cyclospora outbreak that sickened more than 178 people in...
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Pink Heals Tour to visit Good Shepherd SundayJul 29, 2013 3:01 pm - From 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, the Pink Heals Tour will visit the main parking lot of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Route 22 near Lake Barrington, in support...
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Avoiding sugary drinks can help protect young teethJul 29, 2013 6:00 am - Making a difference in a child's nutrition can be a difficult task. That's one of the reasons I focus not just on the range of solid foods that my patients eat but also ...
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Exercise turns bad fat to good in studyJul 29, 2013 5:45 am - Exercise can turn bad white fat into its healthier, calorie-burning brown version and may help keep diabetes at bay, according to research. Men who trained for 12 weeks ...
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Your health: Easing arthritis painJul 29, 2013 5:45 am - Arthritis alternatives Some people swear that over-the-counter dietary supplements called glucosamine and chondroitin ease arthritis pain, reduce stiffness and prot...
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Bittersweet ending for final Komen 3-Day WalkJul 29, 2013 5:30 am - The Chicago version of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk promises to be a bittersweet event this year. The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced in June that it is canceling h...
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Weight-loss surgery succeeds only with strong commitmentJul 29, 2013 5:00 am - Q. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's announcement about his weight-loss surgery got me thinking. Can you tell me more about this surgery and who might be a good candidate...
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Women with predisposition to cancer form sisterhoodJul 28, 2013 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The snippets of conversation float above this summer happy-hour crowd. “Vinnie the nipple guy.” “The mutants.” “Angie.” But the most powerful word in this g...
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Researchers say full moon disrupts your sleepJul 27, 2013 4:21 am - A full moon may be to blame for sleepless nights after all. Scientists at the University of Basel, Switzerland say they have found the first reliable evidence that sleep...