Health and Fitness
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Reasons for repeat breast cancer surgery varyFeb 27, 2012 5:00 am - The number of repeat surgeries in women who had a breast tumor removed varies dramatically based on their individual surgeons and medical centers, without any clear reas...
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She chooses to fight against deadly lung diseaseFeb 27, 2012 5:00 am - Eleven years ago, Karen Erickson was told she had two years to live. Erickson, 45, with lungs that work at less than 20 percent, was diagnosed with a disease so little k...
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'New rage' for students with autism: iPadsFeb 26, 2012 4:30 am - Teachers of students with autism say it's the year of the iPad. It provides motivation. It helps with therapy and handwriting practice. It even models appropriate ways t...
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How to avoid back strains while shovelingFeb 25, 2012 10:00 pm - Snow was piled high around Ken Fleit's Silver Spring, Md., home during the 2010 storm that came to be known as Snowmageddon. Banks of it towered on either side of his dr...
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Temple Chai hosting bone marrow driveFeb 25, 2012 4:30 am - Inspired by a young member of the congregation, Temple Chai in Long Grove is hosting a bone marrow registry drive on Sunday and asking residents to sign up for the list....
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Birth control pills recalledFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Drugmaker Glenmark Generics says it is recalling seven lots of birth control pills because in some packages, the pills were in the wrong order. Glenmark says ...
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Glasses, wheelchairs on Illinois Medicaid cut listFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - An adviser to Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmakers would have to choose everything on a list of possible Medicaid cuts to get to the $2.7 billion proposed by the governor. Amon...
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Elgin’s Sherman Auxiliary to host benefit gala March 3Feb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - The 48th annual Sherman Hospital Auxiliary Benefit Gala, “Masquerade Ball,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Conventi...
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Centenarians at Friendship Village reflect on long, satisfying livesFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Ask Kathryn Marwitz of Schaumburg what the secret is to her long life, and she hardly misses a beat. “I have no clue,” she quips. Then, reflecting on it a bit, she adds ...
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Your health: Truths about tobaccoFeb 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Truths about tobacco Most young Americans know that cigarettes are addictive, but until 1994, that was secret information, The Washington Post says. The revelation...