Health and Fitness
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Souped-up walking steps up exercise benefitsAug 13, 2012 5:00 am - Walking started as a fitness trend when ancient vertebrates first strode out of the primordial sea and onto dry land, 400 million years ago. Which makes walking a workou...
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Brazilian women rebel against cesarean birthsAug 11, 2012 6:22 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO — From the day Mariana Migon discovered she was pregnant, she knew she wanted a natural birth. So just weeks before her due date, the first-time mother ab...
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20 miles to go for 'Core Komen people' walking 60 to fight breast cancerAug 11, 2012 2:00 pm - About 1,200 walkers described as “core Komen people” rested Saturday night at a mobile campsite set up on the grounds of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines before beginnin...
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63-year-old Brit cycles 2,500 miles to Mt. Prospect hospiceAug 10, 2012 1:53 pm - It sounds like something someone would do in order to get into the Guinness Book of World Records: 63-year-old Jim Windass from Kingston-upon-Hull, England, is currently...
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Hoffman Estates park district commissioner wins in Senior OlympicsAug 10, 2012 5:30 am - Park board commissioner wins more medals at Senior Olympics
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Proud to know nurse who ran 314 milesAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - With all the bad news written daily, I wanted to highlight a story about an exceptional “feet” — yes, I mean feet — of a nurse in Cancer Services at Northwest Community ...
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Other groups step up with loss of Y-MeAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - As a cancer survivor and director of an agency in the field of cancer support and wellness, I was saddened to hear about the closing of Y-Me, a nationally-recognized can...
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Schaumburg Township Community Wellness FairAug 09, 2012 11:00 pm - The event is free and open to the public to showcase services that are available in the township community. LifeSource will host a blood drive, as free screenings for bl...
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Experimental stroke therapy helps KirkAug 09, 2012 3:34 pm - Good luck and experimental therapy may have helped U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk recover more extensively than he would have with standard care after he suffered a stroke in Janua...
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CDC: 158 cases of new swine flu strain from pigsAug 09, 2012 1:57 pm - ATLANTA — Health officials Thursday reported a five-fold increase of cases of a new strain of swine flu that spreads from pigs to people. The cumulative case count jumpe...