Health and Fitness
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Did you know bowels are the most important organ in your body?Oct 24, 2015 7:00 am - If you were asked the question "what is the most important organ in your body" you might answer the heart or the brain or even the immune system. Although these are very...
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Naperville improv workshops aim to ease anxiety for stressed-out kidsOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Imagine being asked to perform improv comedy. Your first thoughts might be of dread, stage fright or those uneasy dreams in which everyone at work is in their underwear....
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Streamwood High School nurse gets statewide honorOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Streamwood High School Nurse Mary Girardi will be named 2015 State School Nurse of the Year Saturday by the Illinois Association of School Nurses at the Oakbrook DoubleT...
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Glen Ellyn spin studio to offer 'rockin,' calorie-burning classesOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Something always gets in the way. Work. Errands. A new "Star Wars" trailer. Anything to avoid going back to the place that usually leaves us exhausted and ready to curl ...
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'Man Up' event to focus on men's health issuesOct 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Elgin, Ill. - For one night, skip the gym and head to the pub - all in the name of men's health. "Man Up for Men's Health" will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct...
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Bears' Martellus Bennett shares love of reading, fitness with Palatine studentsOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Palatine sixth-graders do football drills before listening to readers
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Local dental team volunteers services at ClearbrookOct 21, 2015 11:00 am - Dr. A.J. Acierno stood near the bench at Saturday's game between the Chicago Wolves and the Charlotte Checkers, just as he does for most home games, ready to treat any e...
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Free program provides keys to a healthy pregnancyOct 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Through a grant from the March of Dimes, the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center is launching a new program called Becoming a Mom/Comenzando bien. It i...
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Cancer group's mammogram advice: Start later and get fewer
Oct 20, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO - The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influ...
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Fun run a hit with Woodview studentsOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - More than 400 kindergarten through fourth-grade students ran, jumped and crawled through obstacles on a one-mile course as they participated in the "Wings Over Woodview"...