Health and Fitness
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Ask doc about whooping coughAug 30, 2012 4:40 am - The multiple inaccuracies in the letter published Aug. 25 concerning whooping cough and the pertussis vaccine cannot pass without rebuttal. The studies referenced by the...
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Local physical therapist provides safety training to area agencies, schoolsAug 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Michael E. Kordecki, principal at Praxis Physical Therapy in Vernon Hills, and a Certified Athletic Trainer, has been conducting a series of training sessions for emerge...
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CDC: West Nile cases rise 40 percent in 1 weekAug 29, 2012 2:01 pm - West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and may rival the record years of 2002 and 2003, federal health officials said Wednesday. So far this year, 1,590...
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British charity cyclist arrives in Mt. ProspectAug 29, 2012 7:51 am - After 22 days of cycling Route 66, 63-year-old Jim Windass made it to Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care in Mount Prospect on Monday morning. The staff of Rainbow Hosp...
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Kane likely losing federal, state TB fundsAug 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control cited Kane County's approach to dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak at an Aurora homeless shelter as a model to follo...
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2 deaths linked to Legionnaires’ diseaseAug 27, 2012 4:33 pm - There are two deaths linked to confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease among guests at a downtown Chicago hotel. The Chicago Department of Public Health on Monday annou...
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Hanover Twp. grateful for all Simon accomplishedAug 27, 2012 4:06 pm - By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Staff members with Hanover Township in Bartlett are mourning the loss of their community health director, who in six short ...
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Free health and wellness fairAug 27, 2012 10:30 am - A woman and senior health and wellness fair sponsored by state Rep. Sandy Cole is set for 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Aug. 29 at the Round Lake Beach Civic and Cultural C...
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Massages are more than a luxuryAug 27, 2012 6:03 am - I used to consider the occasional massage a blissful, self-indulgent luxury. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more and more convinced that regular rubdowns are an i...
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Genetic tests could explain children dying unexpectedlyAug 27, 2012 6:02 am - By the time I first heard his name last summer, while working at my pediatric cardiology clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, his face was all over ...