Health and Fitness
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Brain scans may reveal early signs of schizophrenia at pubertyApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - Changes in brain function may foreshadow schizophrenia as early as puberty — nearly a decade before most patients begin showing obvious symptoms, new research from the U...
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Show of support 'both wonderful and humbling'Apr 08, 2013 5:00 am - If it takes a village to raise a child, then I'm pretty sure it takes a small city to lose weight and get fit. Or at least it certainly has in my case. Let me assure you...
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Teen drinking discussion:Apr 07, 2013 3:27 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 officials and the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse will host a talk called “Teen Drinking: Responsibility and Consequences.” The ...
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Infants move to new children's hospital in Hoffman EstatesApr 06, 2013 1:00 pm - Babies, babies, babies! Babies everywhere you looked! In hallways. In elevators. In rooms. In incubators. But mostly in the hearts of the parents and the nurses cautious...
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Children's Advocacy Center in Hoffman Ests. gets makeoverApr 06, 2013 8:00 am - The interior of the Children's Advocacy Center in Hoffman Estates will have a new look by the end of this month. Work began Friday on $20,000 of interior renovations, wh...
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UK takes a DIY approach to mental health helpApr 06, 2013 6:08 am - LONDON — After crocheting a colorful blanket, Joan Ferguson snuggled up under it one night and proudly thought: “This is one groovy blanket. I’m brilliant.” Ferguson, 53...
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Water sample kits available locally:Apr 03, 2013 5:07 pm - A test program offered by the Lake County Health Department gives private well owners a convenient way to have their drinking water tested. For the first time, water sam...
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Good Shepherd offers seminar on advance care planningApr 02, 2013 3:26 pm - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s Office for Mission and Spiritual Care will present “Supporting Each Other with Advance Care Planning” in the hospital’s Lakeview/Prairi...
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Good Shepherd offers seminar on diabetes surgeryApr 01, 2013 5:15 pm - Dr. Daniel Wool will discuss treatment options for diabetes, including bariatric surgery, from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital on Rout...
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Questions in China on how H7N9 flu strain killed 2Apr 01, 2013 9:15 am - BEIJING — Health officials say they still don’t understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China, but that it’...