Health and Fitness
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Fitness homework pays off with successful runMay 05, 2014 5:30 am - For about a year prior to the Fittest Loser Challenge, I ran as a way to bolster weight loss. I used to think of it as a simple sport. I'd slip into a pair of jogging pa...
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What you need to know about MERSMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Health officials breathed a sigh of relief Monday that the first U.S. case of a mysterious viral illness has not spread. An investigation continues into how t...
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First American MERS patient may leave hospital soonMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - MUNSTER, Ind. - The first American citizen diagnosed with a mysterious virus from the Middle East is improving daily and could be released soon from an Indiana hospital,...
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Illinois marijuana hearing draws entrepreneursMay 05, 2014 1:00 am - A public hearing on Illinois' new medical marijuana program morphed into an informal networking session Monday, with would-be growers, retailers and patients collecting ...
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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...