Health and Fitness
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Focus trumps fear — and other lessons I learned along the wayMay 12, 2014 5:30 am - The Top 10 Lessons I learned during the Fittest Loser Challenge: 10. Trust the pros. When I first met my Push Fitness trainer Joshua Steckler, I saw him as the epitome ...
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On the Table: Building safe, strong Lake CountyMay 12, 2014 1:00 am - Improving the lives of children — especially poor children — was one of the dominant themes of a round-table community discussion Monday night in Lake County. Health, nu...
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Fighting dizziness: My 138-day battle with vertigoMay 11, 2014 5:30 am - March 27, 2009. I was fine the night before. The little cold I'd had was gone, and I'd had the first good night's sleep all week. But when I woke up Friday morning at 6:...
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Take precautions to prevent skin cancerMay 11, 2014 5:30 am - The dangers of the sun's rays take center stage in May for Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Doctors tell more than 1 million Americans each year they have skin cancer, by f...
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Mt. Prospect walking club meets TuesdaysMay 11, 2014 1:01 am - The Mount Prospect Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Senior Walking Club for residents will start meeting for the season Tuesday, May 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the pa...
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Moms celebrate their day with 5KMay 11, 2014 1:01 am - As dozens of women lined up Sunday for the start of the Run Like a Mother 5K in Hinsdale, 70-year-old Judy Casten blended in with everyone else who chose to celebrate Mo...
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Perfect Mother's Day gift? How about a breast-milk bankMay 10, 2014 11:00 pm - The suburbs have plenty of reasons to celebrate breast-feeding this Mother's Day. The suburbs are home to a mom who donated more than 127 gallons of her breast milk to s...
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Do 'aliens of the sea' hold the key to brain science?May 10, 2014 5:45 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Researcher Leonid Moroz emerges from a dive off the Florida Keys and gleefully displays a plastic bag holding a creature that shimmers like an op...
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Children learn about health and safetyMay 10, 2014 1:00 am - Fun activities and a little education were part of the 10th annual Children's Health and Safety Fair held Saturday at the Northwestern Grayslake Outpatient Center in Gra...
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Prosthetic arm from Segway inventor approved by FDAMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - A prosthetic arm made by a company founded by Segway inventor Dean Kamen was approved for sale by U.S. regulators, who called it the first such device able to respond to...