Health and Fitness
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For Alcohol Awareness Month, Renz offers free assessmentsMar 26, 2019 11:00 pm - April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and this year's theme, "Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow," is a national grass-roots effort to draw attention to the many opportunitie...
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Learn about stroke symptoms at Libertyville library programMar 26, 2019 1:00 am - Learn about the signs and symptoms of a stroke and what you can do if you experience them, through an upcoming at the Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyvi...
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Meet comfort dogs at Lenten organ recital benefit March 31Mar 25, 2019 11:00 pm - On Sunday, March 31, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 310 E. Main St. in East Dundee, will host a Lenten organ recital benefiting Lutheran Church Charities Comfort Dogs Ministr...
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U.S. experts: Too soon to pull breast implants tied to cancer
Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. - Government medical advisers said Monday it's too soon to ban a type of breast implant that has recently been linked to a rare form of cancer, saying...
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Jewel-Osco's Own Brands help you saveMar 25, 2019 1:00 am - Health and food go hand-in-hand and today's increasingly conscientious consumers are demanding more information about product ingredients and sourcing. At Jewel-Osco, Ow...
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Overcoming obstacles: Past injuries, surgeries aren't holding Fittest Loser contestants backMar 24, 2019 8:00 am - This year's Fittest Loser contestants are all facing obstacles to living their healthiest life. One issue plaguing some competitors? Past injuries that they're learning...
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At Work teams take advantage of sponsor programsMar 24, 2019 7:00 am - The Fittest Loser At Work Challenge has a variety of activities provided by sponsors from the local area. This year's At Work sponsors include Push Fitness, Amita Health...
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Aches, pains, and fatigue — Ow My!Mar 24, 2019 7:00 am - My relationship with exercise has always been an unhealthy one — one consisting of short-lived obsessions with new activities; participating as often as humanly possible...
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Increasing exercise - even in small ways - is necessaryMar 23, 2019 8:00 am - Q: My kids say you're not supposed to admit it, but I hate to exercise. Running a mile once or twice a week is really the most I can manage. Should I even bother? A: In ...
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Colonoscopy: Why you shouldn't put off having oneMar 23, 2019 7:30 am - After a rectal cancer diagnosis in 2017, Terri Moore didn't want to talk about the “C” word. She kept the pain to herself and entered a world of self-blame. “I never eve...