Health and Fitness
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Expect road closures during Light the Torch 5K RunSep 29, 2023 1:00 am - There will be some road closures during Wheaton Park District's Light the Torch 5K Night Run on Saturday. The following roads will be temporarily closed from approximate...
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With sepsis on the rise, know the warning signsSep 26, 2023 11:00 pm - As cold and flu season approaches, experts at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva are raising awareness about the signs and symptoms of sepsis, a life-threat...
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Watch one woman's race against time in 'Go On, Be Brave' film screening Oct. 5Sep 26, 2023 11:00 pm - Grace Lutheran Church in Glen Ellyn is hosting one of four Chicago area screenings of the award-winning documentary "Go On, Be Brave" on Thursday, Oct. 5. It will be sho...
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Edward Hospital's SHARE support group helps parents who have lost a baby during pregnancySep 26, 2023 6:00 am - Edward Hospital's SHARE support group helps parents who have lost a baby during pregnancy
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Free at-home COVID-19 test kits are back. Here's how to get yours.Sep 25, 2023 1:00 am - Monday marked the return of free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government, a move that comes amid an uptick in patients hospitalized with the virus. Individual...
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Planet Fitness pitched to fill former Old Navy space in Vernon HillsSep 24, 2023 1:00 am - A low-cost fitness center could fill the long-vacant Old Navy space in the Marketplace of Vernon Hills shopping center. Black Duck Partners says the conversion former re...
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Des Plaines District 62 hosting COVID-19, flu vaccine clinicSep 24, 2023 1:00 am - Des Plaines School District 62 and Jewel-Osco are partnering for an upcoming COVID-19 and influenza vaccine clinic. The clinic is set for Oct. 12 at Algonquin Middle Sch...
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Whitney Hirano, Dustin Macuiba, Hannah Babalola and Chip Battoe win the 2023 Life Time Chicago Half MarathonSep 23, 2023 11:00 pm - The 26th annual Life Time Chicago Half Marathon & 5K, presented by HOKA, took over Chicago's exclusive Lake Shore Drive and historic south side neighborhoods on Sept. 24...
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Need to know about CPR? Best not to ask Alexa or Siri
Sep 23, 2023 12:00 pm - Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone's life? Call 911 for that. Voice assistants often fall flat when asked how to perform CPR, according...
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Gates' focus is on helping mothers, babies survive childbirthSep 23, 2023 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Melinda French Gates says she takes personally the deaths of hundreds of thousands of women and babies during child birth each year and believes more people s...