Health and Fitness
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Batavia woman starts breast cancer website with personalityOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - After Britta Wilk McKenna was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, one of the first things she did was what many Internet users do: hit Google to learn about her diseas...
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Shootings expose cracks in U.S. mental health systemOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Engeldinger’s parents pushed him for two years to seek treatment for what they suspected was mental illness, but even though he became increasingly ...
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Do holes make you queasy or even fearful?Oct 15, 2012 5:00 am - During an introductory psychology course at Britain's University of Essex in 2009, Arnold Wilkins asked his class to participate in a quick experiment. Wilkins projected...
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentumOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - DALLAS — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realiz...
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Free Ironman workshop:Oct 14, 2012 6:40 pm - Is there an Ironman® or triathlon in your future? The Mundelein Park & Recreation District is offering a free workshop at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 to find out what it ta...
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Student wins health award:Oct 12, 2012 5:47 pm - Dalia Anguiano, 17, a senior at Zion-Benton Township High School has been recognized as a young health activist for her work in two youth programs at the Lake County Hea...
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Hospital partnership credited for baby's survivalOct 12, 2012 5:30 am - When Zachary Kordik was born on Oct. 12, 2011, he weighed only 2 pounds, 10 ounces. Born at 27 weeks, his underdeveloped lungs started to fill with fluid, and doctors ne...
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Wellness fair, craft showOct 11, 2012 4:09 pm - The public is invited to a free health and wellness fair and resident craft show from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Oct. 13 at Grand Dominion by Del Webb in Mundelein. Th...
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Forum Sunday on issues affecting people with disabilitiesOct 11, 2012 11:00 am - Four suburban state legislators will discuss issues affecting people with disabilities, at a forum held 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at St. Simon Church, 717 W. Kirchoff ...
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Bioethics panel urges more gene privacy protectionOct 11, 2012 9:04 am - WASHINGTON — It sounds like a scene from a TV show: Someone sends a discarded coffee cup to a laboratory where the unwitting drinker’s DNA is decoded, predicting what di...