Health and Fitness
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Cold weather impacts those with dementiaJan 22, 2022 6:00 am - Colder temperatures, snow and ice and early darkness - can be challenging and stressful for the more than 11 million people caring for loved ones living with Alzheimer's...
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Keep children warm and safe during a power outageJan 22, 2022 6:00 am - When the power goes out, it can throw off all of your family's normal routines. If the power failure is in winter, the danger of extreme cold can add to the problem. You...
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Along for the Ride: Find inspiration to make your 2022 biking goals happenJan 21, 2022 5:00 am - Ambitious biking goals, inspirational in January, can fall victim to many obstacles - medical, family, pandemic. That's my take anyway after a spring knee injury slammed...
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Jesse Brown VA Medical Center one of the first to no longer include race as a measurement of kidney healthJan 20, 2022 10:00 pm - In November, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago became one of the first VA Medical Centers to no longer use an outdated calculator that included race to measure ki...
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Caring in Action: Variety of Illinois provides adaptive equipment to kids with disabilitiesJan 20, 2022 5:00 am - In 2018, Variety the Children's Charity of Illinois celebrated 75 years of helping kids with disabilities get out and experience the world. The organization, at 603 Roge...
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Suburban COVID-19 case positivity rates rapidly declineJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - Almost as rapidly as they climbed, suburban seven-day COVID-19 case positivity rates are falling. The combined seven-day case positivity rate for suburban Cook County al...
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American Hearing Research Foundation awards 10 grants for 2022Jan 19, 2022 10:00 pm - The American Hearing Research Foundation will award 10 grants totaling nearly $320,000 in 2022 to investigators exploring hearing and balance disorders. Headquartered in...
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Winter poses potential risk for those with dementiaJan 19, 2022 10:00 pm - Colder temperatures, snow and ice and early darkness can be challenging and stressful for the more than 11 million people caring for loved ones living with Alzheimer's o...
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Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' about nearly 10% drop in COVID-19 hospitalizationsJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations continued their weeklong decline Wednesday, now down 9.8% from a week ago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the steady drop in patients over the past ...
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Former Lake County leader stays positive as she awaits a new kidneyJan 17, 2022 4:30 am - Although a match has not been found yet and her health continues to suffer, longtime Lake County leader and public servant Bonnie Thomson Carter is in good spirits becau...