Health and Fitness
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Weight, health and avoiding the 'COVID-15'Aug 09, 2020 7:29 am - If you've gained weight during COVID-19, you're not alone. While it's too soon for formal study results, doctors report that patients are packing on pounds. Like the fa...
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Blood drive planned in Lake ZurichAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Lake County residents are asked to donate blood on Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 2 to 6 p.m. in the community room at the Foglia YMCA Center, 1025 N. Old McHenry Road in Lake Z...
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Straight from the Source: Gurnee man with heart damage from a virus says take COVID-19 seriouslyAug 08, 2020 1:00 pm - Editor's note: Steven Urizar of Gurnee is married and the father of three children. He is waiting for a heart transplant and, before a recent illness, worked as a ca...
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Helping the Helpers: DuPage Health Coalition assists the uninsured, working poorAug 08, 2020 7:30 am - The COVID-19 crisis has affected everyone, but people who are low income or uninsured have been particularly hard hit, according to the DuPage Health Coalition. The Caro...
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The best mask for kids is one they'll wearAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - Q: Our city requires face masks now, and we're not sure what's the best kind for our kids. Our teen wears an adult mask, but we have a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old as wel...
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Pace yourself and don't create unnecessary stressAug 08, 2020 6:00 am - Some people, especially these days, feel they don't have enough to do. However, my days are strangely packed notwithstanding retirement and continued “at home” quarantin...
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Lighting the way: How you can help Downers Grove-based Watts of Love fight global povertyAug 05, 2020 6:00 am - Bad things happen in the dark. Not only are hours of productivity, business, and study time lost, but there are more predators prowling around in the night. Families t...
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Inverness resident calling attention to a life-threatening diseaseAug 04, 2020 11:00 pm - Inverness resident Fredrick Schick, an experienced swimmer, is serving as an ambassador for a national organization in an effort to call attention to a life-threatening ...
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab opens clinic in Arlington HeightsAug 04, 2020 11:00 pm - Shirley Ryan AbilityLab opened its new daytime outpatient rehabilitation clinic on the north side of Arlington Heights this week, replacing a smaller one that closed in ...
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A roller coaster fanatic was too overweight to ride his dream coaster. It motivated him to lose 195 pounds.
Aug 03, 2020 11:00 pm - Five years ago, roller coaster enthusiast Jared Ream was excited to take another ride on his all-time favorite coaster - the 310-foot Millennium Force at Ohio's Cedar Po...