Health and Fitness
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Fittest Loser writer's advice: Don't be a pandemic couch potatoApr 05, 2020 6:00 am - The quarantine 15. It's replacing the freshman 15 very quickly. There have been plenty of studies of new college students and the amount of weight gain they attain durin...
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Help isolated seniors feel less alone during the stay-at-home orderApr 04, 2020 11:00 pm - Illinois' stay-at-home order is needed to slow the spread of COVID-19, but it's not easy, especially for our already isolated seniors. Maybe you have a loved one in a n...
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Celebrating Easter brings us closer to those no longer hereApr 04, 2020 7:00 am - Easter and Passover are approaching. Palm Sunday was yesterday. Passover begins Wednesday. This season always reminds me of my many Easters with my beloved Baheej. Easte...
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Ask the Doctors: What are viruses, and how do they work?Apr 04, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Everybody is talking about the coronavirus right now, but I still don't really know what a virus is. How do they work? Why don't antibiotics kill them? A: You're far ...
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One-quarter of us extra vulnerable to coronavirus
Apr 04, 2020 6:00 am - The coronavirus is now striking in geographic areas where more Americans are older or have underlying health problems, making them extra vulnerable to complications from...
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Coronavirus survivor: 'In my blood, there may be answers'Apr 04, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear when COVID-19 stole her breath. So when she recovered, the New York City mother became one of the country's first survivor...
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Like virus, alcohol drinking on the rise
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How to handle growing COVID worries
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Constable: Treating COVID-19 'like nothing I've ever seen,' Hinsdale doctor saysApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - At the start of a normal week, Dr. Christopher O'Connor of Hinsdale would be in an operating room at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, taking care of a patient ...
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Does wearing makeshift masks help, work? We asked a Central DuPage doctor.Apr 03, 2020 1:00 am - By now we have all seen it: Friends and neighbors wearing masks while shopping for groceries. Or pulling their turtleneck collars up around their noses. Or sporting a ba...