Health and Fitness
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Cook County Health's Healthy Eating Tips for ThanksgivingNov 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Thanksgiving can be a tricky day for diabetics. Menus filled with carbohydrates and dishes that are high in fat and sugar can make the meal especially difficult to navig...
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Boston marathon survivor to speak at Harper Adaptive Sports DayNov 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Sevval Kurtaran had designed flyers before, but she'd never done so with people with visual impairments in mind. So when the Harper College student was asked to turn her...
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Lock up cannabis products to protect childrenNov 24, 2019 5:00 am - “CBD Sold Here” reads a sign in a storefront window. Another says “Try Our Edibles.” Down the street, there's a new marijuana dispensary. Because cannabis-based products...
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Robotic technology takes aim at lung cancerNov 24, 2019 5:00 am - An innovation now available at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital holds promise to fight lung cancer. The goal of the Auris Health Monarch Platform, a novel t...
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Colleges struggle with soaring student demand for counselingNov 24, 2019 5:00 am - More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find hel...
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Restrict red meat to an occasional splurgeNov 23, 2019 5:00 am - Q: I've always heard it's the saturated fat in red meat that leads to a heart attack. But now I'm reading it has something to do with the gut? Does that mean probiotics ...
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Low levels of vitamin D may raise breast cancer riskNov 23, 2019 5:00 am - One recent medical discovery is that low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for breast cancer. Earlier research on vitamin D and breast cancer was mixed. Some studies su...
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No more checks and life's inevitable changesNov 23, 2019 5:00 am - A surefire aspect of changing times is that they catch up with you. For instance, an odd thing happened at the grocery store recently. The person in front of me at the c...
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Group uses loose change to help St. Charles food pantryNov 23, 2019 12:00 am - It began with a small group of runners using loose coins and cash picked up during their jogs to buy groceries for the Salvation Army food pantry in St. Charles. Nine ye...
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DuPage County Health Dept. offers 4 steps for food safety, even during holidaysNov 21, 2019 10:00 pm - As the holiday season approaches, it's likely there are multiple meals and parties in your future. Carrying food from one location to another and sharing dishes with a c...