Health and Fitness
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Blood drive Saturday in MundeleinAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - The Mundelein Fire Department will host a blood drive on Saturday at the main fire station, 1000 N. Midlothian Road. It will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk-ins are welco...
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Health departments unite to #EndOverdoseAug 29, 2019 11:00 pm - Member agencies of the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium continues its program to promote opioid overdose awareness in September. Around the world, Internationa...
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See World's Largest Orthopaedic Cast Aug. 31 and Sept. 1Aug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - The Northshore Orthopaedic & Spine Institute recently set a Guinness World Record for the "Largest Orthopaedic Cast" at a length of 12 feet and width of 5 feet. A leg ca...
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Leukemia Research Foundation Observes Blood Cancer Awareness MonthAug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and the Leukemia Research Foundation is asking for help from the community in spreading the word about leukemia, lymphoma, mult...
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Why some residents oppose putting treatment center in Itasca hotelAug 27, 2019 5:20 am - Haymarket Center's plan to convert an Itasca hotel into a drug and alcohol treatment center to serve hundreds of patients from DuPage and other collar counties continues...
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Healthy West Chicago scores visits from two national organizationsAug 26, 2019 11:00 pm - The success of Healthy West Chicago, the community collaborative supported by city leadership that is committed to strengthening the health of West Chicago in the areas ...
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Taylor Family YMCA offer diabetes support programAug 25, 2019 11:00 pm - The Taylor Family YMCA in Elgin will offer the YMCA's Diabetes Support Program - an innovative program proven to reduce the burden of Type 2 diabetes. The YMCA's Diabe...
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Harper seeks volunteers for ultrasoundsAug 25, 2019 11:00 pm - The Harper College Diagnostic Cardiac and Medical Sonography programs are seeking volunteers interested in receiving free ultrasounds. Beginning in early September, appo...
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Your gym is teeming with germs. Here's how to avoid them.
Aug 25, 2019 7:45 am - After swimming one day at the Chelsea Recreation Center in New York, Allison Goldstein noticed that the walls in the shower were starting to buckle inward. “It looked li...
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Deciding when and how to give your child a cellphoneAug 25, 2019 7:30 am - When is the right time to get your child his or her own cellphone? The answer is different for every child, and the decision does not end with buying the phone and hand...