Health and Fitness
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Fittest Loser halfway point: re-evaluating and recommittingMar 31, 2014 5:30 am - With six weeks behind them, and six more ahead, the five contestants in the Fittest Loser Challenge are prepared to meet or beat their weight-loss goals. At this point, ...
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The fight of his life: Libertyville man recovers from brain tumorMar 31, 2014 5:30 am - John Volk, a newly married Libertyville man was diagnosed with an extremely rare brain tumor at the prime of his life. It was back in 2004 when John Volk first noticed ...
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Community teams reach pivotal point in their journeyMar 31, 2014 5:30 am - OK, let's just say that Week 6 marks a pivotal point for many of the corporate and community partners participating in the Fittest Loser Community Challenge. While they...
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Emotional eating affects the scaleMar 31, 2014 5:30 am - This has been a week of resisting temptation. It's a battle I thought I was winning until the scale tipped two pounds higher than last week. Good grief. It was my sons'...
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Your health: Experts say allergy season will be badMar 31, 2014 5:30 am - Experts say allergy season will be bad It's that time of year again - allergy season, which is striking about two weeks earlier than usual and packing a stronger-t...
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Fittest Loser Tip of the Week: Don't sit. Just DipMar 31, 2014 5:30 am - Assurance has been a longtime proponent of corporate wellness programs, as it has empowered our employee base and provided them with both short and long-term benefit...
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Arlington Heights moms raise money, awareness for rare kids' diseaseMar 31, 2014 5:15 am - When Jenn Licato's daughter and Kristin Meek's son were diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, the Arlington Heights mothers had the same reaction: What is that? Neurofibroma...
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Lovell director to retire:Mar 31, 2014 1:01 am - The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center's director, Patrick Sullivan, is retiring Wednesday, April 2. Before serving as the facility's first director, Sul...
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Surgery gives long-term help for obese diabeticsMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - New research is boosting hopes that weight-loss surgery can put some patients' diabetes into remission for years and perhaps in some cases, for good. Doctors on Monday g...
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Illinoisans encounter problems with health insurance signupMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - People who waited until the last day to sign up for health insurance poured into hospital lobbies and enrollment areas Monday, with some encountering the same kind of co...