Health and Fitness
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Illinois lawmakers approve broadened abortion, gender protections for patients and providers
Jan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday approved a measure protecting access to abortion in Illinois from out-of-state meddling, making the state the latest to pursue such protect...
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Money available for anti-smoking, anti-vaping programs in Kane CountyJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - The Kane County Health Department is giving out money for anti-smoking and anti-vaping programs. Businesses and organizations can get $750; middle and high schools can g...
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Roselle Lions Club to host first blood drive of the year Jan. 17Jan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - The Roselle Lions Club is sponsoring its first blood drive of the new year on Jan. 17 as part of National Blood Donor Month. The blood drive will take place from 1 to 6...
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Ready for a four-legged companion?Jan 07, 2023 8:00 am - As you might imagine, my job as a private patient advocate is pretty stressful, and the days can be long. When I come home, though, my two Cavalier King Charles spaniels...
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Widows and widowers may need to build a new networkJan 07, 2023 6:00 am - Almost 50 years ago, Lynn Caine wrote the seminal book on widowhood, entitled “Widow” (1974). It's about the problems and social situation widows face after the death of...
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Navigating the difficult topic of suicide with kids and adolescentsJan 07, 2023 6:00 am - Despite efforts to return to a version of “post-pandemic normalcy,” the reality is that youth in the United States are still struggling, concerningly so, with their ment...
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Weighted blankets can help with sleepJan 07, 2023 5:00 am - Q: My niece got me a weighted blanket for my birthday, which she says helps you sleep. I admit I was skeptical, but I used it for a month, and she may be right. Instead ...
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Smiles, and help, one lick at a time: Anderson's Healing Paws program offers four-legged therapyJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - Sometimes all it takes to make people feel good is to be there for them. And then maybe lick their face. That's the premise behind Healing Paws, a volunteer-based animal...
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Illinois House approves increased abortion, gender care protections
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly on...
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Medical officials warn of a growing threat from the COVID-19 'Kraken' variantJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - A new highly contagious and ominously dubbed the “Kraken” subvariant of COVID-19 is driving infections in the northeastern part of the country and showing up in greater ...