Health and Fitness
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Drinking beer can boost microbial diversitySep 18, 2022 7:00 am - Q: I enjoy staying current on research into the gut microbiome. But I have to say, the new information I've been reading - that drinking beer is good for your gut - soun...
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How rewards help recovery from addictionSep 18, 2022 6:00 am - Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun. The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes - cand...
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When seniors fall, it's dangerous. What to do about it.Sep 17, 2022 7:00 am - Have you ever fallen? You're in good company. One in four older adults age 65 and older falls each year; that's about 36 million falls annually in the U.S., resulting in...
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A mouse's motor home proves kindness still aboundsSep 17, 2022 6:00 am - I had a mouse in my motor. Not just a mouse but a whole large mouse nest, and a critter who chewed through the electrical wires, totally disabling the car! The final dee...
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About 190,000 of state's new COVID-19 booster shots already administeredSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Nearly 200,000 doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine booster targeting the highly contagious omicron subvariants have been administered throughout Illinois since becoming av...
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A show of support: Together in Teal 5K hopes to bring awareness about ovarian cancerSep 15, 2022 6:00 am - One in 78 women will develop ovarian cancer. In 2022, it is estimated that 19,880 women will be diagnosed with the disease, which has a 93% five-year survival rate if c...
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'I kept on praying that I would survive this cancer'Sep 15, 2022 6:00 am - I was quite surprised when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March of 2014. I thought I was healthy and going through menopause. A month and a half before my surger...
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'I was dead. Because of her, now I'm not': He reunites with the nurse who saved his lifeSep 15, 2022 1:00 am - Up until Tuesday, Jack Wilson of Burlington had never laid eyes on the woman who saved his life eight weeks ago. Wilson, 78, was at the outpatient lab at Advocate Sherma...
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Aurora Lions set children's vision screeningsSep 13, 2022 11:00 pm - Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Aurora Noon Lions Club will sponsor free vision screenings for children on Saturday, Sept. 17. Children from 6 months to 6 years old w...
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Once an eyesore, former hospital now helping people enjoy independent livingSep 13, 2022 1:00 am - Aurora officials celebrated a milestone in the renovation of old Copley Hospital on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting at Weston Bridges — apartments for people with intellec...