Health and Fitness
-
Constable: Wheelchairs become part of kids' magical Halloween costumesOct 28, 2015 1:00 am - A wheelchair can make a child stand out, and that's not necessarily a good thing. But on Halloween, some suburban parents transform their sons' and daughters' wheelchair...
-
MS group that meets in Elk Grove turns 20Oct 27, 2015 11:00 pm - The Multiple Sclerosis Support Group that meets monthly at the Elk Grove Village Public Library celebrated 20 years Oct. 21 at Elly's Pancake House in Elk Grove Village....
-
More women are getting contraceptive implants after having their babies
Oct 27, 2015 6:00 am - Over the last three years, a medical trend has quietly swept maternity wards across the United States: More women are getting the chance to insert an intrauterine device...
-
Danica Patrick steers Naperville hospital patients through the gymOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Don't ask Danica Patrick if she's "OK." The up-for-anything, ultracompetitive NASCAR driver already has done side kicks and leg raises - all while balancing on black-hee...
-
Foods are better than pills when it comes to providing vitamins
-
More than 23,000 people wind up in the ER each year due to dietary supplements
-
Kids and protein powder: What you should know
-
For Elk Grove High School educator with cancer, all of life is a teachable momentOct 26, 2015 5:33 am - For Elk Grove High instructor, all of life is a teachable moment
-
'Brains in a dish' guide autism sleuths seeking first medicines
Oct 25, 2015 7:20 am - Scientists have found a way to peer into the brains of people with autism: Grow them in a dish. Aided by stem cell technology that earned Japanese researcher Shinya Yama...
-
Your health: Try these exercises at your deskOct 25, 2015 7:12 am - Try these exercises at your desk If you're like most of us, you spend eight hours a day chained to your chair, which can take a toll on your posture - and health. "...