Health and Fitness
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Learn about the dangers of glaucomaMay 04, 2014 5:45 am - Do you remember the song "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever"? No matter the weather, your eyesight is the most precious of your five senses. When was the last time you...
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Sit back and relax! Knitting may have health benefitsMay 04, 2014 5:45 am - When I picked up knitting needles for the first time about two years ago, I couldn't have imagined how vital the hobby would become to my well-being. Learning to knit wa...
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New national brain science building named after former suburban congressmanMay 04, 2014 1:01 am - More than a dozen years after he left his northern suburban congressional seat, the National Institutes of Health has named its major brain science building after former...
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Hanover Park officers recognized for preventing heroin deathMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - Fresh off their training, two Hanover Park police officers were put to the test. The pair found a 29-year-old man who had stopped breathing on the 5700 block of Barr Cou...
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Illinois girl's prosthetic hand made by 3-D printerMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. - A 9-year-old girl from northern Illinois is getting a prosthetic hand made for her by high school students with a 3-D printer. Such 3-D printers are use...
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Illinois health officials monitor MERS virus caseMay 02, 2014 1:00 am - Illinois health officials say they're aware that an American infected with a mysterious Middle East virus was on a flight to Chicago last week and then traveled by bus t...
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Food allergies highlighted with 100-foot sandwich in GlenviewMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - Area youngsters will kick off Food Allergy Awareness Week at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, by building a 100-foot nut-free sandwich consisting of 100 pounds of soy butter, m...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield emerges as winner in IllinoisMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - A company spokesman says Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois signed up 200,000 customers on the new government marketplace in the first year of the nation's new health in...
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Experiment grows new muscle in men's injured legsApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Scientists implanted thin sheets of scaffolding-like material from pigs into a few young men with disabling leg injuries - and say the experimental treatmen...
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'Superhero Day' comforts young Central DuPage Hospital patientsApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - Michael Schenk's parents have been on a roller coaster of emotions since he was born eight days ago. The baby boy came three months early and weighed a mere 2 pounds. Bu...