Health and Fitness
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'Years of dreaming': New collection of therapeutic tools debuts at Arlington Heights libraryOct 27, 2021 5:10 am - While 5-year-old Erica Dancz was playing with some of the therapeutic toys and tools now available in the Arlington Heights Memorial Library's Kids' World section, her d...
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Vaccination spike comes at deadline for some state workersOct 27, 2021 1:00 am - Daily COVID-19 vaccinations jumped to 70,688 Tuesday, coinciding with a deadline for certain state workers to get their first shot. That total is more than double the av...
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Link between DVT and varicose veins uncertainOct 26, 2021 11:00 pm - Q: I inherited my mother's prominent varicose veins, and despite surgery, they are back. My sister recently told me our mother had deep vein thrombosis when she was olde...
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DuPage to close mass vaccination clinic as focus shifts to inoculating kidsOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - A DuPage County mass vaccination clinic that reopened earlier this month to administer COVID-19 boosters will shut down again as public health officials prepare to distr...
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As FDA panel backs Pfizer shot for kids 5-11, when can yours get one? Here are local plans so farOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - With COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 expected to be available in early November, "how can I get one for my kid?" is a question myriad parents are asking. The...
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Children age 11 and younger represent 15.8% of new COVID-19 cases in IllinoisOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 among Illinois children ages 5 to 11 reached 277 Tuesday, the same day a federal panel of experts recommended use of Pfizer's vaccine for that age ...
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Pritzker says 'robust supply' of 500,000 'kid-sized' doses of COVID-19 vaccine are comingOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - An initial supply of about 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be available for Illinois children ages 5 to 11 assuming federal regulators approve shots in the coming...
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New COVID-19 infections continue on downward slope in IllinoisOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - The state's number of COVID-19 infections continues to shrink, although the rate of decline is slowing, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday. New infe...
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Why you should read your doctor's notesOct 24, 2021 7:00 am - Let's say you request your doctor's notes from a recent visit, and in it, you see terms like “imp,” “po,” “F/U” and “OD.” Feeling insulted? Don't be. These terms are sho...
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Surgical comorbidities increase as people ageOct 24, 2021 6:00 am - Q: Can you please talk about the risks to older patients with comorbidities when they're going to have surgery? My sister, who was older and ailing, had a joint replacem...