Health and Fitness
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GreenFields of Geneva hosts Wellness Fair May 15May 10, 2019 11:00 pm - GreenFields of Geneva will team up with approximately 50 area businesses, organizations and associations to share important health and fitness information at the fifth a...
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Advocate Good Samaritan, Downers Grove partner on trauma trainingMay 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Accidents and traumatic incidents happen every day, and uncontrolled bleeding can lead to loss of life in as few three minutes. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and the ...
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About 5 percent of American adults consider themselves vegetarians
May 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Are the many stories about the health risks of eating meat making you think of going vegetarian? You are not alone. About 5 percent of U.S. adults these days - which wou...
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In this boxing class, the fight is against Parkinson's diseaseMay 08, 2019 5:30 am - Teresa Muir pounds the heavy bag in the corner of the Elgin gym, working up a sweat with each punch. At 61, her red hair in a ponytail, the easygoing flute teacher is ...
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What adults should know about the measles vaccine as disease makes a comebackMay 08, 2019 5:00 am - Your child or grandchild is immunized for measles, but what about you? If you can't remember getting the MMR vaccine or were inoculated in the 1960s, here's what you nee...
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'Everybody wins' at Special Olympics track meet in Mount ProspectMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - Victories were measured in the smiles of parents in the bleachers, the excitement in the faces of the athletes and the high standard of sportsmanship set by all at the S...
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Editorial: Wheaton woman shifts life path to help othersMay 06, 2019 11:00 pm - Like many of us, Jen Kray was planning her life. At 23 years old, Kray was a Type-A personality in the middle of clinicals and months away from earning a master's degree...
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Cancer patients celebrate a different kind of graduationMay 06, 2019 11:00 pm - The month of May is a time for graduations. At Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center in Warrenville, Illinois, graduation ceremonies are held every Thursday for ca...
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Breast cancer survivors honor their late mother with a bright pink car; driven to make a difference for other cancer patientsMay 06, 2019 11:00 pm - When she first felt the lump, Kristina Russell surprisingly wasn't concerned. The 30-year-old had been undergoing mammograms and ultrasounds since the age of 23, due to ...
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Fittest Loser contestants ace the Human RaceMay 05, 2019 7:45 am - Dressed in an unusual amount of layers for an end of April run, the Fittest Loser contestants and their Push Fitness trainers arrived at the starting line for the DuPage...