Health and Fitness
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Minimizing the risk of repairing a broken heartJul 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Aortic valve disease threatened to undo all the effort Beverly Gorham put into getting healthy. The 79-year-old Genoa, Ill. resident has been working hard to keep off th...
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Centennial Beach Triathlon athlete Brian Dickhut to compete in world championshipsJul 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Brian Dickhut, a member of Centennial Beach and a triathlon athlete since 2011, is heading to the World Triathlon Championships in Gold Coast, Australia Sept. 12-16 as a...
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Cyclists to return to West Dundee, Elgin for Intelligentsia CupJul 17, 2018 11:00 pm - The Intelligentsia Cup may have at first caused an inconvenience to homeowners in West Dundee and Elgin neighborhoods as streets were closed so bicyclists could use them...
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Advocate Children's Hospital injury prevention coordinator offers tips on keeping children safeJul 16, 2018 11:00 pm - It is every parent and caregiver's worst nightmare: You're out and about with your child. One second, they're in your line of sight; the next, they've vanished. Immedia...
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Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness tees up to save lives at annual golf outing July 30Jul 15, 2018 11:00 pm - The Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness organization will host its sixth annual golf tournament and dinner on Monday, July 30, at Boulder Ridge Country Club in Lake in the ...
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Still grasping at straws? They can be bad for your body, too
Jul 15, 2018 7:30 am - Just a few years ago, you automatically received a straw with any cold takeout drink and probably didn't think twice about it. No longer. Seattle is the latest city to...
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Adding to collections takes you into the communityJul 15, 2018 7:00 am - Once a friend said to me, "You are quite a collector." It's true. A good way to get out there in the community is to build "collections" and then go to farmers markets ...
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HPV test is better than Pap smear at finding cancerous cervical changes, study says
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Chronic wasting disease on the rise among deer in the U.S.Jul 14, 2018 7:30 am - Q: My dad and brothers are hunters, so there's always deer meat in the freezer and it's often on the menu. But I'm hearing that it's now linked to a brain disease. Shoul...
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Constable: Artist relearns how to paint, with the opposite hand, after strokeJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - There is a beauty in the art of Georgia Pirron's past. “The fur-traders - oh, they were fun to make,” the 87-year-old woman says, her joy evident in her smile and twinkl...