Health and Fitness
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Why We Walk: 'Strike Out ALS' with Les Turner's virtual 5K or 1-mileJul 09, 2020 6:15 am - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control. ALS...
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Why We Walk for ALS: 'She truly lived life to the fullest'Jul 09, 2020 6:00 am - When my first cousin Eileen Frederick began noticing a weakness in her leg and foot drop, she didn't know what the cause might be. She didn't suspect it was ALS, the dis...
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Why We Walk for ALS: 'He remains positive and continually inspires all of us'Jul 09, 2020 6:00 am - Being a successful firefighter requires bravery, adaptability, perseverance and strength. My dad, Hugh Stott, spent more than 40 years in the fire services field before ...
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Lake Zurich District 95 suspends all sports camps after athletes test positive for COVID-19Jul 08, 2020 1:00 am - All Lake Zurich District 95 sports camps have been suspended — and its participants urged to quarantine — after “a number of families” reported that students who partici...
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Walgreens dives into primary care with clinic expansionJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - Walgreens will squeeze primary care clinics into as many as 700 of its U.S. stores over the next few years in a major expansion of the care it offers customers. The Deer...
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Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIV
Jul 07, 2020 7:00 am - A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed...
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'It has become something bigger than me': Why fitness trainer runs with American flagJul 07, 2020 6:00 am - When Mark Palmieri runs on forest preserve trails carrying a large American flag, he says he sees "massive positive emotion" from people he encounters. Palmieri, who wor...
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Three Lake Zurich sports camps on hold after athletes test positive for COVID-19Jul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Three Lake Zurich District 95 sports camps have been put on hold through at least the end of the week after “a number of families” reported that their students on the fo...
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Local health centers get COVID-19 emergency grants from Delta Dental of Illinois FoundationJul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of Delta Dental of Illinois, has awarded $1 million through its emergency grant program to 20 Federally...
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Register for NAMI's First Free Virtual National ConventionJul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - We are excited to announce that our first-ever free virtual convention, NAMICon 2020, is taking place July 13-14 and registration is now open. NAMI's national convention...