Health and Fitness
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Be good to yourself with occasional treatsSep 29, 2018 7:30 am - Treat yourself - I got this idea from friend Pat. One day she wrote to me that out of the blue she had stopped and enjoyed a hot fudge sundae - something she loves. She...
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Could drinking red wine help with knee pain?Sep 29, 2018 7:30 am - A number of years ago, at a dinner party, one of the quests asked me why her knee pain improved when she drank red wine. She stated that she only would have one glass o...
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Should you hand over your Fitbit data to your insurance company?
Sep 29, 2018 1:15 am - Life insurance company John Hancock made a splash recently with the news that soon all of its policies would come bundled with the option to let the company track your f...
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Walking and biking to school: What parents need to know to keep kids safeSep 28, 2018 11:00 pm - Walking and bike riding are healthy ways to get to and from school. Skipping the school drop-off traffic for more active commutes can contribute to the recommended 60 m...
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Advocate Sherman Hospital Hosts National Car Seat Sept. 29Sep 27, 2018 11:00 pm - For National Car Seat Saturday, Advocate Sherman Hospital has partnered with Advocate Children's Hospital to offer free car seat checks for families at their hospital ca...
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Advocate Sherman Hospital to offer free hernia screenings in HuntleySep 27, 2018 11:00 pm - Surgical experts at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin are offering a free hernia screening event between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 with presentations at 4:15 an...
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Experts say Ford got the science of memory mostly right
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK - In her testimony to a Senate committee, the woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers dipped briefly into the mech...
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Fall Color 5K returns to Morton ArboretumSep 27, 2018 6:00 am - Drinking a glass of ale may not seem like the most obvious way to cap a foot race through the forest. But organizers say it's the way a lot of runners choose to celebra...
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'There's not really an option. He needs a kidney': Relatives race to seek donor for Elgin manSep 27, 2018 5:20 am - A family races to find a living donor for Elgin man
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Support Group for Parents of Transgender ChildrenSep 26, 2018 11:00 pm - This fall, Guided Path Psychological Services in Palatine is beginning a group addressing the specific needs and concerns of parents who have a transgender child (or chi...