Health and Fitness
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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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Aug 30, 2020 11:00 pm - First came the jigsaw puzzles. Then the homemade sourdough bread, followed by binge-watching all six seasons of “Downton Abbey.” My coronavirus isolation was not the mos...
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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...
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How to determine if it is your allergies or COVID-19Aug 29, 2020 11:00 pm - During this global pandemic, many allergy sufferers are wondering whether their symptoms are due to COVID-19, allergies or something else. The symptoms can be similar, b...
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Stress tests help to see how the heart behavesAug 29, 2020 11:00 am - Q: I'm a 56-year-old man. I have been out of breath lately and have had some mild chest pains. My doctor wants me to have a stress test. Is it really necessary? What wil...
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Quarantine bubbles only as safe as least-careful personAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - Q: Our kids are having a hard time with social distancing, which seems like it will last forever. My husband and I know some people who have formed a "quarantine bubble"...
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Preparing for school in turbulent timesAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - This school year is going to be anything but normal. You may be working from home while your kids study virtually. Or they may be going back to the classroom at a safe s...
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Amazon's creepy new health wearable analyzes your voice and body
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Constable: Ex-football lineman now doctor on pandemic front lineAug 28, 2020 11:00 pm - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com As the new chairman of the department of medicine for NorthShore University HealthSystem, Dr. John P. Erwin III is on the fr...
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Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital achieves heart valve milestoneAug 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Central DuPage Hospital has achieved a milestone: the completion of its 200th transcatheter aortic valve replacem...