Health and Fitness
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Pandemic inspires suburbanites to discover benefits of horseback ridingSep 01, 2020 6:00 am - June Pedersen usually sees two or three new riders a month seeking beginner lessons at Castle Ridge Keep Horse Facility for an activity whose popularity has faded in rec...
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Run Tough for Team Joshua aims to bring awareness to rare pediatric brain cancerSep 01, 2020 6:00 am - Joshua McFadden of Buffalo Grove was a healthy, active and sweet 11-year-old boy. Everything changed on Feb. 2, 2016, when a persistent headache revealed a tumor in his...
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Why We Walk: Buffalo Grove family honors son who lost cancer battleSep 01, 2020 6:00 am - Joshua McFadden of Buffalo Grove was a sweet and caring 11-year-old when he was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) on Feb. 2, 2016. Joshua was passi...
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10 public golf courses in the suburbs to keep your game going into fallSep 01, 2020 6:00 am - Suburban golfers don't have to belong to private clubs to enjoy some of Illinois' top courses. This sampling of great public courses offers golfers from Lake County to W...
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Drive-through flu shot event Sept. 8 in RosemontSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - State Rep. Brad Stephens will host a drive-through flu shot event from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 8, in Rosemont. The event will take place in the parking lot of the...
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Coronavirus is powerful incentive for people to lose weight
Aug 31, 2020 6:00 am - Stephen O'Rahilly, a prominent expert on obesity and other metabolic disorders — who struggles with his own weight — lost about 20 pounds in the six months before becomi...
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Can you get virus via cigarette smoke?
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Health insurance changes for foster children to take effect TuesdayAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is moving ahead with its plan to shift an estimated 18,000 children from the child welfare system into a health care coverage plan despite warnin...
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Missed another workout? Find an accountability partner
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Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease are not the same thingAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I was treated for pelvic cancer earlier this year, and ever since finishing chemo, I've had problems with balance and movement. My doctor thinks it could be parkinson...