Health and Fitness
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Increasing fiber in your diet may increase gasMar 12, 2022 6:00 am - Q: My husband and I recently got our family onto a healthier diet - no processed foods and lots more vegetables, beans and legumes. It's not easy, and we're struggling t...
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Uninsured? You still have health care optionsMar 12, 2022 6:00 am - Since the Affordable Care Act was implemented in 2009, the number of Americans without health care coverage has declined. In Illinois, the rate of uninsured dropped from...
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How do you look at the moon during Ides of March?Mar 12, 2022 6:00 am - Tuesday is the Ides of March, March 15. The famous line from Shakespeare is, "Beware are the Ides of March." Ides actually means the first new moon of a given calendar m...
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Constable: Mask mandates are magically disappearing, but many still need masks to remainMar 12, 2022 12:00 am - The pandemic responsible for killing nearly a million Americans hasn't magically disappeared, but it has waned to the point where the mask mandates some condemned in the...
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COVID-19 update: 1,825 new cases, 23 additional deaths, 676 hospitalizationsMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 reached 1,825 Friday with 23 more people dying from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. Patients in hospita...
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Wheaton Park District, Rotary Club host Fun Run in Color downtown April 9Mar 10, 2022 10:00 pm - Run through clouds of color at the April 9 Fun Run in Color in downtown Wheaton and it's guaranteed you'll come out looking like a rainbow. The event starts at 8:30 a.m....
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93 cases of new variant of omicron reported in IllinoisMar 10, 2022 12:00 am - State officials reported 93 cases of a highly contagious subvariant of omicron were detected in Illinois from Jan. 31 to March 5. The latest mutation of COVID-19, BA.2, ...
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COVID-19 update: 1,634 new cases, 32 more deaths, 699 hospitalizationsMar 09, 2022 12:00 am - State health authorities reported 1,634 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, along with 32 more deaths from the respiratory disease. Illinois hospitals were treating 699 COV...
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Top Teachers: Hersey science and theater teachers pair up for real-world lesson right out of a Seinfeld episodeMar 08, 2022 5:00 am - Chairs lined either side of the hallway outside Room 137 at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, while inside the classroom, an old sewing room that's since bee...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations now at 2.5% of total beds, compared to 23% in JanuaryMar 08, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 patients now constitute about 2.5% of total hospital beds in Illinois compared to 23% during the omicron surge in January, according to Illinois Department of P...