Health and Fitness
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Ebola crippling Liberia health systemSep 21, 2014 4:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - While the terrifying spread of Ebola has captured the world's attention, it also produced a lesser-known crisis: the near-collapse of the already-fra...
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Healthier District 211 lunches draw USDA attentionSep 20, 2014 7:15 am - A VIP's visit to Palatine High School Friday provided the U.S. Department of Agriculture with useful information toward the evolution of national nutrition guidelines, a...
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Why vaccinations are importantSep 20, 2014 7:00 am - After clean water, vaccinations have had the second largest positive impact upon human life span. Vaccines help to prevent deaths from pneumonia, flu, hepatitis, diphthe...
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Incidence of severe rotaviral disease is decreasingSep 20, 2014 7:00 am - Somewhat bleary-eyed, I pushed the elevator button and made my early morning trip up to the hospital pediatric ward. As the doors opened, I was greeted by the sounds and...
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Actor RJ Mitte sees cerebral palsy as an assetSep 19, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK - For RJ Mitte, playing Walter White Jr. in AMC's "Breaking Bad" was art imitating life. Like the 22-year-old actor, his character had cerebral palsy - just a m...
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Longtime Inverness cancer support center closing this monthSep 19, 2014 5:00 am - For the last 14 years, cancer patients and their loved ones have gone to The Wellness Place in Inverness for support, therapy and resources, all free, to help them throu...
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Illinois awards $25.8 million in health outreach grantsSep 19, 2014 1:01 am - Most of the same Illinois organizations that helped consumers sign up for insurance in the first year of President Barack Obama's expanded health coverage will receive a...
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Naperville VFW .1K race short on distance, long on heartSep 18, 2014 10:01 am - While thousands of Naperville runners are spending long hours pounding pavement to get ready for the Naperville Marathon, others are spending roughly a minute - or howev...
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2 women die from West Nile virusSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Chicago women with West Nile virus have died, becoming the state's first deaths from the illness this year, health officials announced Thursday. One wo...
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Just give her some music...Sep 18, 2014 1:01 am - This cause is very personal to me/ us. As our family and close friends know, following my 2011 car crash, resulting in numerous lifelong injuries (including a TBI), AND ...