Health and Fitness
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Use music when visiting Alzheimer's patientsJan 01, 2022 10:00 pm - Q: My uncle has Alzheimer's disease. He goes through these awful phases where he's agitated and afraid. We've noticed that music calms him down, especially when it's so...
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Do at-home COVID-19 tests detect the omicron variant?
Jan 01, 2022 6:30 am - Do at-home COVID-19 tests detect the omicron variant? Yes, but U.S. health officials say early data suggests they may be less sensitive at picking it up. Government reco...
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Highs, lows, highs again: What Illinois endured in another year of the COVID-19 pandemicJan 01, 2022 12:00 am - What Illinois endured in another year of the pandemic
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'Fresh start': New Year's babies give parents a reason to hope, dreamJan 01, 2022 12:00 am - Nicole Howard went to bed early New Year's Eve and still ended up sleep deprived. Three weeks from her due date, the mom-to-be woke up around midnight with what felt lik...
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Vitalant offers incentives for donating plateletsDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Vitalant is giving free “Joyful Platelet Donor” T-shirts, or 200 bonus recognition points, to people who donate platelets through Jan. 7. People are allowed to give rega...
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Opioid task force to get $200K from DuPage County, where such overdoses are up 17%Dec 30, 2021 4:30 am - A purple van pulls up to a West Chicago church on a Saturday morning, carrying the anti-overdose drug naloxone, fentanyl test strips and support for people with substanc...
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Pritzker asks hospitals to halt nonemergency surgeries, save beds for virus patientsDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has asked hospital leaders throughout the state to postpone nonemergency surgeries in an effort to prepare for a potential bed shortage caused by the ...
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Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation awards $1 million grant to Advocate Health Care Charitable FoundationDec 29, 2021 10:00 pm - Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of Delta Dental of Illinois, recently announced a $1 million grant has been awarded to Advocate Health ...
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Illinois responsible for 5.8% of nation's new COVID-19 cases this weekDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - Only two other states have recorded more new COVID-19 cases than Illinois over the past seven days. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...
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New COVID-19 cases top 20,000 for second time this week, for a 15% positive-test rateDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - For the second time in five days, Illinois has recorded more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases. State health officials Tuesday reported that 20,804 new cases of the respira...