Health and Fitness
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Pole dancers strip away stereotypes in championshipAug 14, 2014 5:30 am - This is not your pervy uncle's pole dancing - with leering men stuffing dollar bills into g-strings of topless women grinding on a stage to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Suga...
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Worst TB outbreak in 5 years hits Alabama prisonsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Health officials say Alabama's badly overcrowded prison system that is being sued over medical treatment of inmates is dealing with its worst outbreak...
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69 years, 151 pints: 'Mr. Blood Drop' keeps on givingAug 13, 2014 5:30 am - If there was one thing that made the blood donation Palatine resident George Serena gave Tuesday morning different from the 150 he's given in the past, it would probably...
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Doctors: Ebola drug poses 'impossible dilemma'Aug 13, 2014 1:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - Doctors treating a Sierra Leone physician with Ebola defended their decision not to give him an experimental drug, saying Wednesday they feared it was t...
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Study questions need for most people to cut saltAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - A large international study questions the conventional wisdom that most people should cut back on salt, suggesting that the amount most folks consume is OK for heart hea...
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Alexian, Loyola team up on expanded pediatric servicesAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights-based Alexian Brothers Health System and Maywood-based Loyola University Health System said Wednesday they are partnering to expand the reach of their ...
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Ives hosts kids' fitness, health boot camp in WheatonAug 12, 2014 7:33 am - State Rep. Ives hosts a kids' fitness boot camp in Wheaton
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Spanish priest dies of Ebola; UN debates ethicsAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - MADRID - A Spanish missionary priest being treated for Ebola died Tuesday in a Madrid hospital amid a worldwide debate over who should get experimental Ebola treatments....
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Was Robin Williams' humor a symptom of his disease?Aug 12, 2014 1:00 am - When someone as sparklingly witty as Robin Williams commits suicide — as the actor, once named the funniest person alive by Entertainment Weekly, apparently did — our fi...
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Free health screenings at Palatine fairAug 11, 2014 11:00 pm - Palatine Township will be holding a Health and Happiness Fair from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Palatine Township offices at 721 S. Quentin Road, Palatine, ...