Health and Fitness
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Is your child afraid of needles? How to handle immunizationsAug 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Whether your child is heading back to school full time, part time or will continue remote learning this fall, they may be due for immunizations, a critical part of preve...
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Not sleeping? Steps toward better shut-eyeAug 15, 2020 6:00 am - Q: I'm having trouble sleeping these days, and so is my wife. We're both 33 years old, we've been working from home and we have two very active young sons. What can we d...
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TriCity Family Services to host mural reveal Aug. 18Aug 13, 2020 11:00 pm - TriCity Family Services invites the public to a mural reveal and ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St. in Ba...
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Meet Ralph Banasiak and come 'Along For the Ride'Aug 13, 2020 11:00 pm - Bike riding has recently taken on new life, what with remote learning, working from home, shuttered fitness centers, and the need to bust out of the house for exercise. ...
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What's it like to have surgery during a pandemic? One Delnor patient shares her story.Aug 12, 2020 11:00 pm - Preparing for surgery can often be nerve-racking, and scheduling one in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic can heighten that anxiety more than usual. For Geneva residen...
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Which pups will make the grade as a service dog?Aug 11, 2020 6:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. - Yonder, 11 weeks old and 15 pounds, had two choices. In a white-walled room at Duke University, the wiggly Labrador mix faced a neon green squeaky squid t...
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Patients can now receive outpatient oncology care at Huntley hospitalAug 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Patients began receiving chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital July 27 when new outpatient oncology services opened to the ...
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Kane County Health Dept. encourages COVID-19 convalescent plasma donationsAug 09, 2020 11:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department recently announced that Versiti Blood Centers is seeking plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat community members diagnosed w...
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How you can handle family power strugglesAug 09, 2020 11:00 pm - With summer in full swing and schools setting learning models for the fall, kids and adolescents may be having difficulty coping with an ever-changing world. This summer...
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To get enough exercise, try engaging in three different activities a week
Aug 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Even before the pandemic, Americans weren't getting enough exercise, despite all the doctors, health organizations and government agencies encouraging us to get off the ...