Health and Fitness
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Don't wait until you're older to get your health in orderDec 29, 2019 6:00 am - Heart attack and stroke risks may loom larger when you're older, but getting your cholesterol under control when you're younger could be critically important to your lon...
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Realistic resolutions for a healthier 2020Dec 29, 2019 5:00 am - Do you make New Year's resolutions? Forty-five percent of us do, and more often than not, they're health related. However, research tells us that only 8% of us will actu...
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Evidence mounts that vitamin E acetate is to blame for vaping-related deathsDec 28, 2019 6:00 am - Evidence is mounting that vitamin E acetate is the culprit in the outbreak of vaping-related illnesses that has sickened more than 2,500 people and killed at least 54, f...
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Special flu shot for older people has more antigenDec 28, 2019 5:00 am - Q: Our 76-year-old mom is nervous about getting the special Fluzone shot for older people because a neighbor told her it will make her sick. Is that true? What makes flu...
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What if you knew a cookie would take 20 minutes to run off?Dec 28, 2019 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Would you put down that bag of chips if you saw it had 170 calories? What if the label said it would take 16 minutes of running to burn off those calories? He...
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New Year's is a time for not only resolutions, but reflectionsDec 28, 2019 5:00 am - We are on the verge of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Time for the famous, or infamous, New Year's resolutions. My dear husband Baheej believed in formalizing these ...
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A Schaumburg nurse was catatonic for months. Then her doctors found a way to wake her up.Dec 28, 2019 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Puppy Yoga class Jan. 12 to benefit Rescue WarriorsDec 26, 2019 10:00 pm - Come join a puppy yoga class on Sunday, Jan. 12, at Advocate Good Shepherd Health and Fitness Center, 1301 S. Barrington Road in Barrington. They are partnering with Res...
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Constable: Half a heart, full helping of love (and Ronald McDonald House's help)Dec 25, 2019 5:00 am - In the bustling Ingleside home, with four young kids scampering around a Christmas tree displaying no breakable ornaments on the bottom branches, here comes 2-year-old A...
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Caring in Action: Wounded Warrior Project helps injured veteransDec 23, 2019 5:00 am - Caring in Action: Wounded Warrior Project helps injured veterans