Health and Fitness
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National Prescription Drug 'Take-Back' coming SaturdaySep 24, 2015 1:00 am - Finding a place to turn in unused prescription medicines, especially narcotic painkillers like Vicodin and oxycodone, can be a headache. The 10th National Prescription D...
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Heart Walks a chance to celebrate for Barrington children saved by medical advancesSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - Madeleine Haas of Barrington loves to run and play at the park, and her parents hope to enroll her in swim lessons soon. At first glance, she appears to be a typical 2-y...
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Out of Darkness walk aims to prevent suicide, support survivorsSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - In some ways, a suicide is like any other death. It's permanent, final, irrevocable, and the family of the deceased is left to grieve and move forward. But in other ways...
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Tricycle injuries send thousands of tykes to ERs each year
Sep 22, 2015 6:00 am - Tricycles might seem pretty tame but they send thousands of kids to emergency rooms each year and are even linked to a handful of deaths, new research shows. Here are t...
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Speed play: European training idea adds a rush to your running routine
Sep 21, 2015 5:45 am - If you took a poll on the street, 95 percent of people, once they stopped snickering, would have no idea what a fartlek is, running coach Ann Alyanak told me when I aske...
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Sweat: It's what makes athletes cool
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Your health: Is hand sanitizer toxic for children?Sep 20, 2015 7:15 am - Dangers of children and hand sanitizer Six-year-old Nhaijah Russell swallowed three or four squirts of seemingly innocuous liquid hand sanitizer at school. It taste...
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Honey is just as bad as high-fructose corn sweetener
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How human society was built by grandmas
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The worst time to eat is a matter of debate