Health and Fitness
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Studies indicate fitness trackers can predict illnessOct 31, 2020 5:00 am - Q: My husband caught a cold this summer, and he swears the readings from his fitness tracker a few days before warned him that he was about to be sick. Do you think that...
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Surrounded by empty serving platters during a pandemicOct 31, 2020 5:00 am - I am surrounded. Baheej and I used to entertain a lot. We enjoyed cooking and having friends over — dinner parties, brunches, barbecues, holiday celebrations. So we have...
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College students and safe holiday travel
Oct 31, 2020 1:00 am - Just months after deciding to send their children to college campuses amid the coronavirus pandemic, many families are now facing another difficult dilemma: How to safel...
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Suburban hospitals worrying about their ability to staff the fall COVID-19 surgeOct 30, 2020 12:00 am - As Illinois sets another single-day record for COVID-19 infections, hospitals are preparing to feel the strain of a fall and winter surge after weeks of steadily rising ...
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Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Running Club cancels annual Thanksgiving Day runOct 29, 2020 11:00 pm - For the first time in 31 years, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Running Club is forced to cancel this year's Thanksgiving Day run, one of the largest events in Lake Forest. ...
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Health panel proposes colon cancer tests start at 45, not 50
Oct 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK - A panel of health experts wants U.S. adults to start getting colon cancer screenings at age 45, five years younger than it previously recommended. While overa...
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CSO soloist chosen to help meld children's book with soothing musicOct 27, 2020 6:00 am - At the age of 4, Karen Basrak followed her older sister, Cathy, and started to learn the violin. In less than two years, she would switch to the cello and she hasn't loo...
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NCH Medical Group offers free HPV webinarOct 26, 2020 11:00 pm - Beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, parents of children preteen and older can join a free, virtual webinar titled "HPV: Know the Facts," recorded by Pamela Seegert, B...
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8 ways to support Alzheimer's caregivers during Family Caregivers MonthOct 26, 2020 11:00 pm - November is National Alzheimer's disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. To mark these events, the Alzheimer's Association Illinois Chapter is enco...
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Covid's foggy glasses spawn Lasik surgery revivalOct 26, 2020 8:00 am - Lasik eye surgery is making a comeback. After months of face masks fogging up their glasses and contacts drying out from all the extra Zoom meetings while working from h...