Health and Fitness
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Lake County 4-H summer camp pitches healthy snacks, new fruits and veggiesJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - Making healthy snacks, trying out new fruits and vegetables and learning first aid fundamentals are among the activities at the first 4H Health Rocks Summer Day Camp. F...
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McMahon opens up about dementia, suicidal thoughtsJun 17, 2014 1:00 am - Jim McMahon would leave home and forget how to get back. Sometimes, he would stay in his room and lie on his back in the dark because the pain in his head was so excruci...
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Add the right ingredients to make your salad a healthy mealJun 16, 2014 5:30 am - Salad. The word itself can conjure up thoughts of dieting and boring lunches, but it doesn't have to be that way. Salads can be packed with nutrients, flavor, and colo...
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Top summer party threats to your kidsJun 16, 2014 5:30 am - COLD SPRING, N.Y. — When I heard the recent news that yet another bouncy house had blown away in a gust of wind and seriously injured two kids — this is in addition to ...
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Your health: Men value a limited paternity leaveJun 16, 2014 5:30 am - Men value a limited paternity leave Most dads think a man should get respect for taking a few days off after his child is born. Many also think the operative phrase...
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Medication and psychotherapy work together to treat OCDJun 16, 2014 5:30 am - Q: I've been struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder for years. Is there any effective treatment for it? A: There are better treatments today than there were when ...
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Disabled need state legislators to wake upJun 16, 2014 5:01 am - This letter is to the Illinois legislators in the Northwest and Northern suburbs of both parties who have been more concerned during the last budget session in Springfie...
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Lawmaker wants probe of $33 million health campaignJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - A Republican state lawmaker has called for an investigation into how Illinois spent $33 million in federal money to promote President Barack Obama's health care law - in...
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Quinn signs Medicaid service restorationJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law Monday that would restore some Medicaid services the state cut in 2012 and could give Illinois access to about $2.4 billion in federal money ...
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Libertyville woman completes marathons in all 50 statesJun 15, 2014 11:00 pm - When Mary Ann Zemla was in her mid-40s, her mail carrier asked her a simple question: “Will you run a marathon with me?” That was 1998, and Zemla wasn't a runner. She ad...