Health and Fitness
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Trainers ready to get to workFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - The engine driving the Fittest Loser Challenge contestants can be found in the seven personal trainers from Push Fitness in Schaumburg. Each of the competitors will be f...
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Important for parents, caregivers to have immunizationsFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - They were novices, but doing a remarkably fine job handling a newborn. The young parents were in the office for their 5-day-old's well-baby checkup — the first of many. ...
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How hospitals have slowed the readmission epidemicFeb 10, 2013 2:25 pm - WASHINGTON — More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for...
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Goofy brothers get serious about fighting cancerFeb 10, 2013 7:00 am - As young brothers, Tom and Bill Latourette competed against each other in sports, board games or whatever silly contest they could envision. Now that Tom is 48 and Bill...
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Reduced water test rates offered:Feb 09, 2013 12:16 pm - The Lake County Health Department will offer reduced well water testing rates in observance of National Ground Water Awareness Week. Water samples can be brought to the ...
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In a switch, GOP governors back expanding MedicaidFeb 08, 2013 7:09 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration’s new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into par...
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After early start, worst of flu season may be overFeb 08, 2013 5:17 pm - NEW YORK — The worst of the flu season appears to be over. The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states th...
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Seniors can be bullies too, expert saysFeb 08, 2013 10:22 am - Shawn K. Woods, personal and professional development expert, talked to the Hoffman Estates Park District’s 50+ Club for a lunch-and-learn session on bullying as part of...
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Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several statesFeb 08, 2013 8:55 am - HARTFORD, Conn. — A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing...
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Purdue looks into possible 2nd typhoid fever caseFeb 06, 2013 6:48 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Health officials on Purdue University’s main campus in West Lafayette possibly have a second case of typhoid fever. Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norb...