Health and Fitness
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Why We Walk: Save-A-Pet in Grayslake to host virtual 5K walk/run June 27Jun 22, 2020 6:00 am - It's not always easy to find an organization that will take you off the streets, clean you up and take you in, no questions asked, for as long as you need them. It does...
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Phase 4 of reopening: What you need to know, and what doctors warnJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - As the state makes a giant leap forward Friday when movie theaters reopen, youth sports resume and other activities curtailed by COVID-19 return with restrictions, healt...
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Illinois facing 'critical shortage of blood,' centers sayJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers put out a plea Monday for organizations to host blood drives in light of what it called "a critical shortage of blood i...
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Life after lockdown should start with this healthy to-do listJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - COVID-19 lockdowns are easing across the U.S., but is it safe to go back to the gym? Or the doctor? And when it is safe, what should be on your post-lockdown health chec...
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Constant worry may negatively impact brain healthJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Is it possible to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by changing the quality of our thoughts? One medical study has demonstrated that people who repetitively have ne...
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Surgical technician works with doctor who saved her lifeJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Ten years after surviving a burst brain aneurysm that almost claimed her life, Lauren Melnick-Lamb, a surgical technologist at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer...
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Hip bursitis can be caused by sedentary waysJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I've never had hip problems, but after weeks of quarantine, the outsides of my hips ache and even wake me up when I am asleep. My doctor says it's bursitis, but I tho...
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Parents should expect these safety precautionsJun 20, 2020 7:00 am - As Illinois slowly begins to reopen, parents everywhere are wondering what this summer and fall will look like and what activities their kids can safely partake in, incl...
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Black Lives Matter in health care, tooJun 20, 2020 7:00 am - Right now, Americans are engaged in a long-overdue conversation on the subject of racial inequality. While I'll leave the politics to others, as a longtime health care p...
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Fallout shelters and other lessons from our pastsJun 20, 2020 6:00 am - These times remind me in certain ways of the era of fallout shelters, when people built a safe shelter in case of a nuclear disaster. You likely have heard about this or...