Health and Fitness
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Libertyville company stresses health, wellness to employeesApr 03, 2014 1:01 am - MBX Systems of Libertyville stressed health awareness to its employees Thursday during a special fair at the company. More than 100 employees participated in the inaugu...
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Hanover Township to host health screeningsApr 02, 2014 1:01 am - Hanover Township will offer health screenings from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 11 to test for heart defects, osteoporosis and other illnesses. Life Line Screening wi...
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State Senate OKs plan to expand medical marijuanaApr 02, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A proposal that would allow minors with epilepsy to use medical marijuana is moving through the Illinois legislature. The legislation passed the Senate on ...
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'Age Well' event guides seniors through finances, retirementApr 01, 2014 11:00 pm - College of DuPage Continuing Education will partner with DuPage County Senior Services to host "Age Well DuPage: Renew, Recharge, Reinvent." The free event runs 1 t...
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Study finds many preteens have high cholesterolApr 01, 2014 5:30 am - There's fresh evidence that a lot of young people could be headed for heart trouble. A large study of preteens in Texas found that about one-third of them had borderline...
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Discovering martial arts: Find your inner warriorApr 01, 2014 5:30 am - Ana Petricel is 17, a high school senior who plans to become a doctor, and more than once she has knocked me on my you-know-what - despite my 70-pound advantage and enou...
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Childhoods lost: Native Americans struggle with youth suicidesApr 01, 2014 5:30 am - SACATON, Ariz. - The tamarisk tree down the dirt road from Tyler Owens's house is the one where the teenage girl who lived across the road hanged herself. Don't climb it...
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Worst Ebola outbreak in seven years fuels concernApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - GENEVA - The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in seven years climbed to 83 in Guinea as the aid organization Doctors Without Borders said the disease's geogr...
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Hanover Park weighs medical marijuana restrictionsApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - As the clock runs out on Hanover Park's moratorium on medical marijuana, growers are unlikely to set up shop in town. The state's restrictions confine producers of the ...
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District 116 health clinic clears hurdle, construction not far offApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 officials have approved a lease with a Lake County agency so a health clinic may open at the high school for the 2014-15 academic seaso...