Health and Fitness
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Cool off in WaukeganJul 16, 2013 1:57 pm - Due to the high temperatures expected this week, several locations in Waukegan have been designated as cooling centers. The elderly, infirm, small children, and anyone e...
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Mosquitoes in Algonquin test postive for West NileJul 16, 2013 1:39 pm - West Nile is back in Kane County. State health officials located the first Kane County batch of mosquitoes to test positive for the disease Monday near Algonquin. There ...
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Alexian Brothers fitness festival returns to Hoffman Estates July 20Jul 16, 2013 1:11 pm - The annual Alexian Brothers Fitness For America Sports Festival will be held July 20-21 with an expo on Friday, July 19, in Hoffman Estates. This is a full weekend of in...
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Exercise may boost recovery in cancer patientsJul 16, 2013 6:00 am - Her face flushed, Rosemary Lamont sat on the gym floor one recent afternoon, listening to her trainer's impassioned commands. “Sit up tall and lift that leg,” the traine...
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Gardens: A good idea at bad locationJul 15, 2013 12:00 pm - I have read and heard much about the possible Catherine Alice Gardens facility, which will take the place of an industrial warehouse on Eric Drive. My dental practice is...
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Bravo to Palatine plan commissionJul 15, 2013 12:00 pm - Bravo to the Palatine Plan Commission. Last week it voted 7-1 to recommend approval of Catherine Alice Gardens, a proposed 33-unit supportive housing apartment building ...
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Supportive housing gives a hand upJul 15, 2013 12:00 pm - Supportive housing for people with disabilities should be a priority for the Northwest suburbs. As the parent of a young man living with mental illness for many years, I...
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Thanking those who support NAMI workJul 15, 2013 12:00 pm - Thank you to the people of Arlington Heights from the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI. Last weekend several Arlington Heights busines...
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Blacks feeling less stigmatized in seeking mental health treatmentJul 15, 2013 6:00 am - When Jinneh Dyson was 17 and a doctor prescribed medication to treat depression that had plagued her since the death of her mother three years earlier, her friends and f...
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In breast cancer treatment, study backs less surgeryJul 15, 2013 6:00 am - In treating breast cancer, a less invasive technique of removing and testing lymph nodes close to the tumor has proved to be as effective as the traditional method of re...