Health and Fitness
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Centegra plans free day of fun at Family Health Fest in HuntleyJun 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Centegra Health System will welcome the community to the Centegra Family Health Fest from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 15, at 10350 Haligus Road in Huntley. The first 4...
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Heartland Blood Centers offers Students Summer Scholarship OpportunityJun 12, 2017 11:00 pm - Heartland Blood Centers is encouraging blood donation this summer for students and their family and friends with the Students Saving Lives Summer Scholarship program. ...
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Donate on World Blood Donor Day June 14Jun 12, 2017 11:00 pm - Every year, on June 14, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day, raising awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood do...
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Skin as fragile as butterfly's wings: the 'worst disease you've never heard of'
Jun 11, 2017 7:30 am - Every morning, Kevin Federici pulls on a head lamp, sterilizes a sewing needle and prepares to prick his baby girl all over her tiny body. She fights him with everything...
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10 ways to prevent medical errors from happening to youJun 11, 2017 7:20 am - You count on doctors and hospitals to protect your heath. But unthinkably, sometimes the opposite happens. Medical error is now the third leading cause of death in th...
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Camaraderie the watchword at Esprit de She in NapervilleJun 11, 2017 1:00 am - Camaraderie and community were just as important as competition Sunday at the Gildan Esprit de She Naperville Triathlon. As contestants battled the water, the pedal and ...
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Pigeons as radiologists? It's not as far-fetched as you thinkJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Although this may sound far-fetched, the next person reading your mammogram may actually be a pigeon. I recently read a medical study evaluating the ability of pigeons t...
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Combo of smaller meds may just be the dose to lower blood pressureJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Combined smaller doses of blood pressure medications may be effective with fewer side effects than standard single doses, according to preliminary research. In the first...
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Organic compound MSM could help with arthritis painJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Q: A friend suggested I try MSM crystals for arthritis. What are they, and do they work? If they do, where can I find them? A: Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is an organic ...
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Breast-feeding counseling program sees positive resultsJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Six months after instituting its NorthShore Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Community Program, Evanston Hospital did an evaluation of the program that shows it is already h...