Health and Fitness
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West Chicago continues healthy living pushJan 12, 2015 12:01 am - As West Chicago and its community partners research and develop a Healthy West Chicago Action Plan, the community is discovering the power of working together. Healthy W...
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New fitness center opens on Randall in AlgonquinJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - Right in the midst of the holiday season, when all of the best goodies and temptations of the year come out, a new fitness center opened along the Randall Road corridor....
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The ability to lose weight is in your controlJan 11, 2015 6:00 am - The New Year is here and for many it brings with it a fresh outlook. The majority of people start the year with a resolution, with the most popular being to lose weight....
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Trying for test-tube baby? Risks to mom are rare, study saysJan 11, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO — Complications are uncommon for women undergoing test-tube fertility procedures: A new 12-year U.S. study shows the most frequent involve drugs used to stimulat...
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Researchers hope a whale's genes may help reverse human agingJan 11, 2015 6:00 am - Bowhead whales are most likely the longest-living mammals on the planet. There's evidence (some of it in the form of Victorian-era harpoons embedded in blubber) that the...
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5 resolutions for people who spend too much time onlineJan 10, 2015 6:00 am - We are entering the month of Facebook deletions, of "lifehacks," of "digital detoxes" designed to cure whatever social-media hangover you suffer from the year before. Pe...
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Study sees corollary between fast food, test scoresJan 10, 2015 6:00 am - Fast-food consumption isn't merely connected to increases in pants size — it's also tied to significant decreases in test scores among schoolchildren, according to a new...
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App check: Relaxation is just a few breaths awayJan 09, 2015 6:14 am - One of my proud parent moments occurred a decade ago, when my older daughter, who had learned a breathing technique to help her calm down, taught it to her fifth-grade c...
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Hot flashes during menopause could mean a greater chance of hip fractures laterJan 09, 2015 5:00 am - Menopausal women who suffer hot flashes are nearly twice as likely to later suffer hip fractures, one of the most debilitating injuries of old age, according to a new st...
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2 men attempt most difficult climb in world at YosemiteJan 08, 2015 5:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Two men are roughly halfway through what has been called the hardest rock climb in the world: a free climb of a half-mile section of exposed granite in C...