Health and Fitness
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State's first presumed monkeypox case surfaces in ChicagoJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois and Chicago health officials announced the state's first probable case of monkeypox Thursday. The male Chicagoan who contracted the virus recently traveled to E...
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Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital expanding cancer care center to bring treatment closer to homeJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital is expanding its cancer center in Geneva to help make additional clinics and cancer therapies available to patients. The project, w...
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Oak Brook teen has lofty dreams of scaling Seven SummitsMay 30, 2022 5:30 am - At 15, Saanvi Sita Mylavarapu can boast of accomplishing a few daring feats, the apex of which was making it to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal this spring with her par...
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Falls can be a poorly understood threat with heart diseaseMay 28, 2022 7:00 am - Falls pose a major risk to people with heart problems, and health experts need to do more to understand and prevent the danger, a new report says. "Falls are very common...
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Cultivating optimism is a skill we all needMay 28, 2022 7:00 am - Look around these days and you'll find a lot of reasons to feel pessimistic. Our cost of living is shooting up, COVID is sticking around, the weather keeps going crazy. ...
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Raw grief, the passing of time and dealing with tomorrowMay 28, 2022 6:00 am - The words "raw" and "fresh" are often used to describe the first impact of grief after the death of a beloved partner, parent, child or friend. Raw is self explanatory, ...
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Study shows long-haul COVID-19 patients average 15 months with symptomsMay 28, 2022 1:00 am - A recently published study of long-haul COVID-19 patients at the Northwestern Medicine Neuro COVID-19 Clinic indicates symptoms persist an average of 15 months. The ...
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How to introduce solid food to babiesMay 27, 2022 11:00 pm - For babies, making the transition to solids can be exciting, stressful and messy! Babies delight in learning about textures and flavors, and trying new foods helps devel...
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Coronavirus level now high for Cook, collar countiesMay 26, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Chicago and Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Will counties are now rated at high community level for COVID-19, Illinois health officials said Thursday. The...
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Abbott reopening Michigan plant to start producing EleCareMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Abbott Laboratories is reopening its Sturgis, Mich., manufacturing plant on June 4 after it was shut down in February due to reports linking baby formula made at the pla...