Health and Fitness
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Join Grayslake Middle School fun runOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - Employees and students of Grayslake Middle School will hold their fourth annual run for healthy bodies Friday, Oct. 23. This year's run was designed to occur just before...
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Caitlin Brodnick turned breast cancer scare into stand-up fodder
Oct 19, 2015 5:45 am - It's a rollicking Saturday night in the cozy basement comedy club at Stairs, a gay bar in New York's East Village. A series of young comedians are doing their 10-minute ...
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Your health: Eat fruits, veggies to reduce cancer riskOct 18, 2015 7:15 am - Eat fruits, veggies to reduce cancer risk Pink Ribbon Produce is returning to Meijer stores during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month of October, M...
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Need an ambulance? Why you may not want the more sophisticated versionOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - Patients who are having a heart attack, stroke or other serious health emergency have a greater chance of surviving if they're taken to the hospital in a basic life-supp...
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North Aurora medical marijuana dispensary prepares to openOct 17, 2015 7:40 am - Trisha Seydel of Wheaton has had painful rheumatoid arthritis for 23 years. And conventional medical treatments have caused side effects that were worse than the disease...
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Should you compare mammograms costs?
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'Bad luck' is questionable explanation for cancerOct 17, 2015 7:15 am - Q: I thought cancer was the result of risky behaviors like smoking and spending too much time in the sun. But then I read an article about cancer and bad luck. So which ...
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Former Edward NICU patients turn into princesses for a dayOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - It wasn't long after walking into Glam & Glitz Boutique Saturday afternoon that Averi Johnson declared she was having "the best day of my life." The 4-year-old from Wes...
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Parkinson's hasn't kept Arlington Heights man from a full lifeOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - Todd Johnson had been a drummer for most of his life, but while playing in a band during graduate school he started to notice something strange. "My right arm wouldn't g...
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Postpartum depression affects more women than you thinkOct 16, 2015 6:00 am - The news that "Nashville" actress Hayden Panettiere is in treatment for postpartum depression is getting a lot of attention. And, frankly, that's great. Why? Because a h...