Health and Fitness
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Birthday celebration for Lake County’s oldest residentSep 19, 2012 4:42 pm - Alma Booker can’t explain how her grandmother, Pearlie Young, has lived to be 108 years old. She drank bourbon. She dipped snuff. She didn’t follow a healthy diet. And y...
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Premiums inching higher for popular Medicare plansSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials say they have some good election-year news for seniors. Monthly premiums for popular Medicare Advantage insurance plans are r...
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Vernon Hills offiicals support need, question price of proposed Alzheimer’s facilitySep 18, 2012 9:03 pm - While agreeing with the need, Vernon Hills officials have issues with a proposal for a 64-bed facility serving seniors with Alzheimer’s on the former Leikam’s Tap proper...
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Group: More than half in 39 states will be obeseSep 18, 2012 5:48 pm - NEW YORK — We Americans already know how fat we are. Can it get much worse? Apparently, yes, according to an advocacy group that predicts that by 2030 more than half the...
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Des Plaines hospital receives award for reducing infectionsSep 18, 2012 2:31 pm - Holy Family Medical Center, a long-term acute care hospital in Des Plaines, received the 2012 Delivering Quality with Distinction Award from the Illinois Hospital Associ...
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Arlington Heights offering flu shots next weekSep 18, 2012 1:25 pm - The village of Arlington Heights will be offering flu shots by appointment next week at the Arlington Heights Senior Center, 1801 W. Central Road. Professionals will be ...
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Study suggests tie between BPA and child obesitySep 18, 2012 11:26 am - NEW YORK — A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their findings do...
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Seniors in Illinois reminded to get flu shotsSep 17, 2012 3:45 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department on Aging is reminding seniors to get their flu shots. Department Director John Holton says September is Healthy Aging Month and he ...
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Your health: Pros and cons of cornSep 17, 2012 6:30 am - Corn: good or bad? With all the information out there about the starch/grain/vegetable being healthy or not, it can get a bit confusing at times. So website FabFitF...
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Paddleboarding beginning to make wavesSep 17, 2012 6:00 am - When the Watermans Paddle for Humanity race series announced it was coming to Washington last year, event director Pete Stirling was nervous no one would show up. “We di...