Health and Fitness
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Enough with the pink, some women sayOct 15, 2011 5:00 am - PITTSBURGH — The country is awash in pink for breast cancer awareness month — and some women are sick of it. While no one is questioning the need to fight the deadly dis...
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Children's cancer book inspired by life of Hoffman womanOct 15, 2011 12:00 am - I am a third-grade teacher at St. Hubert School in Hoffman Estates. A few years ago, at a parent-teacher conference, Nancy Scislowski, a mom of one of my students, told...
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Vision care products coming to SchaumburgOct 15, 2011 12:00 am - In an effort to reach out to Northwest suburban residents and their family members who may be experiencing vision loss, Chicago Lighthouse is bringing its Low Vision Pro...
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At 103, brand-new hip is just the ticketOct 14, 2011 5:45 am - Mount Prospect man could be oldest in world to get surgery
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Schaumburg flu clinics Oct. 21, 28Oct 14, 2011 12:00 am - The village of Schaumburg is offering flu shots for adult residents age 18 and older from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, and Friday, Oct. 28, at the village’s Nursing B...
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Harper hosts Iraq War’s first female amputeeOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - The Iraq War’s first female amputee soldier is coming to Harper College in Palatine to share her life and experiences. Just two months after Melissa Stockwell lost her l...
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Worried about vitamin safety? Experts offer adviceOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - Two studies this week raised gnawing worries about the safety of vitamin supplements and a host of questions. Should anyone be taking them? Which ones are most risky? An...
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Local kids do jumping jacks to break a world recordOct 12, 2011 12:00 am - When Emily Bondarenko and Sophia Model brought a copy of National Geographic Kids Magazine to their 5th grade class, they never thought it would wind up with their entir...
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Doctor debunks myths of aging for Schaumburg groupOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Fighting the myths of aging — particularly the ones we've chosen to believe ourselves — is one of the keys to remaining healthy and fit through the whole of one's life, ...
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Some donor-conceived children now seeking answersOct 10, 2011 6:00 am - Two days after giving birth to her first child, 28-year-old Kathleen LaBounty could hardly lift her legs. At first, she thought she had just been too active after delive...