Health and Fitness
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Turning back the clock takes a serious toll on your mental health
Nov 12, 2016 6:45 am - I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Daylight saving time should be a permanent, year-round phenomenon. Rather than turning back our clocks to extend our pre-ele...
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Male infertility has a variety of causesNov 12, 2016 6:30 am - Q: My wife and I have tried to get pregnant for over a year. We're going to be tested soon to see if anything is wrong. I'm worried that the problem lies with me. What a...
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HIV test on USB stick could be start of consumer revolution in disease monitoring
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Your health: Health plans get in way of obesity careNov 12, 2016 6:30 am - Health plans get in way of obesity care New research in two separate studies presented at ObesityWeek demonstrates that health plans often stand in the way of obesi...
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A third of all Major League Baseball stadiums to be free of tobaccoNov 12, 2016 6:30 am - With the end of this baseball season, so ended the long intertwined history of tobacco and baseball at more than one-third of all Major League stadiums. The unhealthy co...
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An anti-inflammatory diet may help with refluxNov 12, 2016 6:30 am - The pain and tissue damage associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is commonly believed to be the result of stomach acid damaging the inside of the throat...
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Free Medicare educational session offered at Advocate ShermanNov 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Advocate Sherman Hospital is partnering with the Horton Group to offer a free Medicare educational session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the Medical Off...
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Waukegan event to discuss heart disease in womenNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - The public is invited to a community outreach event, Wednesday, Nov. 16, to educate and raise awareness about heart disease in women. It is set for 4 to 7:30 p.m. (the s...
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Support group for younger breast cancer survivors begins TuesdayNov 09, 2016 10:00 pm - Centegra Health System will offer a bimonthly support group for breast cancer survivors diagnosed before age 45. The group's first gathering will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Tue...
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Vegetable stand-ins for carbs have hit the mainstreamNov 09, 2016 5:00 am - In the annals of the world's biggest lies ranks this whopper: “Zucchini noodle recipes will make you forget all about pasta.” No, when people twirl long green strings of...