Health and Fitness
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Your health: check your codesJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - Check QR codes You'll be seeing more of these postage-stamp-shaped “quick response” graphics in and around the grocery store in the coming year as retailers and foo...
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Baseline workout something to build onJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - With the new year in full swing, we want to do everything we can to keep you focused on your fitness goals. To help you along, Push Fitness has put together a yearlong w...
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Officials: 'Bath salts' are growing drug problemJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - FULTON, Miss. — When Neil Brown got high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived,...
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Updated rehab aims to give Giffords her life backJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - HOUSTON — She inspired the nation with her fairy-tale recovery. Now Rep. Gabrielle Giffords must inspire herself through the ordeal of rehabilitation, and doctors say i...
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New hip replacement technique at Good Samaritan means quicker recoveryJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - Suzanne Lonngren, 56, has had both of her hips replaced, in separate surgeries 1½ years apart. Same surgeon. Same hospital. But the two recoveries were like “night and d...
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Indiana flu season ramping up rapidlyJan 20, 2011 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Flu cases in Indiana are multiplying more quickly than normal, and three people across the state have died from the disease, according to Indiana health ...
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Village's blood drive nets 157 pintsJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - The village of Lombard community blood drives have been helping hundreds of people over the past several years with blood donations. This year, 2011 started out with a ...
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Schaumburg firefighters help train assistance dogs-to-beJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Imagine you are disabled, living with an assistance dog, and a fire breaks out in your home, or you have a medical emergency. How would your dog react to the lights and ...
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‘Reluctant Caregiver,’ discussion set for ElginJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Submitted by Elgin Cultural Arts Commission The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission will present a staged reading of the award-winning new play “Confessions of a Reluctant Ca...
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New military support group meets in Elk Grove VillageJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Children’s Home + Aid is opening a new support group for military families that will meet from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 1, at Alexian Brothers’ Roncoli Cente...