Health and Fitness
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Air monitoring urged near plants in Gurnee, WaukeganFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - Lake County health officials and others are pushing to have the air near two manufacturing facilities in Gurnee and Waukegan monitored for ethylene oxide, a cancer-causi...
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Meet the 2019 Fittest Loser competitorsFeb 24, 2019 7:00 am - On a blustery morning in mid-February, five area residents gathered at Push Fitness in Schaumburg to embark on the 11th annual Daily Herald Fittest Loser Challenge. Con...
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Fittest Loser At Work teams start out strongFeb 24, 2019 6:40 am - We are starting strong in the seventh year of the Fittest Loser At Work Challenge with more than 280 participants, representing 50 unique businesses, both newcomers and ...
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Columnist is ready to kick her junk food addictionFeb 24, 2019 6:30 am - My addiction with unhealthy food started at an early age. I would break into the cupboards stealing baking chocolate, decorative sprinkles, and ate sugar by the spoonful...
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A full night's sleep is within reachFeb 23, 2019 7:00 am - It's an experience new parents know all too well - many months of sleepless nights as newborns wake to feed, to cry, and to be held. After months of intermittent sleep, ...
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Look to lessons of grandfathers, uncles when facing challenges of copingFeb 23, 2019 6:00 am - Grandfathers and uncles are often major influences in a person's life. They are loving role models, advisers, comforters and teachers. So the death of a dear grandfather...
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Supplements, diet changes can help with rheumatoid arthritisFeb 22, 2019 10:00 pm - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease affecting about 1 percent of the population. Although tremendous improvements in treating RA have been m...
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Listen to your heart: what racing, skipping and fluttering can meanFeb 22, 2019 12:00 pm - We've all felt something weird with our hearts at one time or another. It may race, skip, flutter, slow down or speed up, depending on what we're doing. But many times ...
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Wheaton Sport Center celebrates 40th anniversaryFeb 19, 2019 10:00 pm - Wheaton Sport Center marks its 40th anniversary of operating this month as apart of daily living for some DuPage County residents. Still under original ownership of the ...
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Free assessments offered during Problem Gambling Awareness MonthFeb 19, 2019 10:00 pm - The Renz Addiction Counseling Center will offer free gambling assessments throughout March in recognition of Problem Gambling Awareness Month. This year's theme, "Probl...