Health and Fitness
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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’...
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A trainer’s vote of confidenceApr 01, 2013 6:13 am - When Joshua Steckler looks back on his first workouts with the Daily Herald’s Melynda Findlay he recalls a timid woman who was unsure of how hard she would be able to wo...
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Product claims of boosting immunity are marketing ploysApr 01, 2013 6:00 am - Q. I've seen many product labels that claim to boost immunity. Could they really help? Or should I be skeptical? A. Your immune system does a remarkable job of protectin...
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Early number sense plays role in math skillsApr 01, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math — and what ch...
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Status report for the Fittest Loser contestantsApr 01, 2013 6:00 am - Karen Castillo, 37, Carpentersville Starting weight: 206 Current weight: 194 Weight lost this week: 2 pounds Total weight loss: 12 pounds, 5.8 percent Marianne ...