Health and Fitness
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Naperville nonprofit shares lung cancer truth: It happens to nonsmokers, tooJun 10, 2017 1:00 am - What caused Janice Lamb McArdle to get lung cancer never was determined. But what didn't cause the disease that took her life in 2008 has been at the forefront of her fa...
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Athletico Physical Therapy opens Manteno locationJun 07, 2017 1:00 am - MANTENO - Athletico Physical Therapy opened a new location at 183 N. Main St. in Manteno, expanding its quality of care throughout the south suburbs of Chicago. "Having...
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Naperville triathlon helps women find healthy selvesJun 05, 2017 11:00 pm - Women hear health tips all the time. Get outside! Stay active! Make exercise a daily ritual! And the big one: Don't always put others first - take time to care for your...
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Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survival
Jun 05, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO - If you're being treated for cancer, speak up about any side effects. A study that had patients use home computers to report symptoms like nausea and fatigue su...
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How newly approved immunotherapy is giving some cancer patients hope
Jun 04, 2017 7:25 am - The oncologist was blunt: Stefanie Joho's colon cancer was raging out of control and there was nothing more she could do. Flanked by her parents and sister, the 23-year-...
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Meet the gravel bike, the latest crossover trend
Jun 04, 2017 7:20 am - If a mountain bike allows a rider to take the road not traveled, the gravel bike is designed to let riders take the road that's ... only sort of a road. The bike industr...
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Parents: Stop 'professionalizing' youth sportsJun 04, 2017 7:19 am - You have children who are striving to be the next Jake Arrieta or Kyle Schwarber. Whether it's pitching a shutout or hitting a home run, they live and breathe the game a...
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Study: A third of teen girls experience depression
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Can early exposure to pets protect kids from allergies?Jun 03, 2017 7:17 am - Q. Neither of my sisters have pets, and all their kids have allergies. Could the fact that we have dogs, a horse and a barn cat be the reason that my kids aren't allergi...
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New apps give young deaf readers access to American Sign Language