Health and Fitness
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Healthy West Chicago 5K Fun Run scheduled for Aug. 21Jun 29, 2021 11:00 pm - Studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that regular physical activity can benefit health in numerous ways. Health benefits from ...
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Two foundations create $4 million grant program to improve children's oral health careJun 29, 2021 11:00 pm - Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation and the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation recently announced creation of a $4 million COVID-19 Utilization: Decreasing Oral H...
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Great Western Freedom 4 run/walk in LeRoy Oakes in St. Charles raises funds for Lazarus HouseJun 29, 2021 11:00 pm - The Great Western Freedom 4 returns Sunday, July 4, to LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles. The event, in which participants can do a 4-mile run or a 2-mile walk,...
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Healthy West Chicago, West Chicago library offer summer wellness programmingJun 27, 2021 11:00 pm - Good nutrition is the key to good mental and physical health. Not only does a healthy lifestyle promote wellbeing, but studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Contr...
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Loss of speech after stroke is called aphasiaJun 27, 2021 7:30 am - Q: Why do people who have a stroke lose the ability to talk? All of a sudden my grandmother started mixing up her words, and that's how we knew something serious was goi...
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Bad posture in a child can lead to adult back problemsJun 27, 2021 7:00 am - One in three preteens or teenagers report back pain each year. Typically, intermittent back pain is mild or moderate in intensity, and noted in the low back area or mid ...
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More information about COVID-19 and the vaccinesJun 27, 2021 6:00 am - Hello, dear readers, and welcome back to our ongoing discussion of the coronavirus. Your questions on the topic continue to fill our inboxes, and we'll keep doing our be...
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'Uninvited' grief arrives on different days, in different waysJun 26, 2021 7:00 am - One day my sister Mary and I were talking about how fickle and unpredictable grief is. Then we started discussing how grief and sadness can seemingly just pop up from no...
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Biggest risk for peripheral arterial disease is smokingJun 26, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I walk about two miles to my job when the weather is good. Lately, I get cramps in my left calf and right thigh, but they go away if I rest. We've got a wellness prog...
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Vaccines have kept us safe for generationsJun 26, 2021 7:00 am - My earliest encounter with vaccines, and perhaps yours, was as a child. Polio had been ravaging the nation's children, many requiring "iron lungs," leg braces and crut...