Health and Fitness
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Shared Care site helps patients at Elgin hospitalMar 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Heart patient William Spence says that among all the difficult things he's had to endure in the last couple years, one of the bright spots has been being able to get car...
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Community helping Schaumburg parents of boy with severe disabilitiesMar 30, 2014 8:00 am - Seeing the ultrasound image of a spine twisted around a tiny, horribly deformed 15-week-old fetus, Jeff and Stacy Fulkerson of Schaumburg knew their first son, Jackson, ...
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DuPage group helps those with special needs transform their livesMar 30, 2014 5:45 am - People with special needs are finding extraordinary ways to live a full and productive life. Often, the key seems to be looking beyond one's physical or mental limitatio...
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Consider running and all its benefitsMar 30, 2014 5:30 am - With spring (mostly) here, you may be ready to get off cardio machines and head outside. Here are a few tips on starting up a running program and staying with it from J...
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Test accurately rules out heart attacks in the ERMar 30, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public health issue and a huge worry ...
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Wellness Fair returns to Wheeling Township School District 21Mar 30, 2014 1:01 am - Wheeling Township Elementary School District 21 will host a Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at London Middle School. The event is free and ope...
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Intel buys fitness tracker maker BasisMar 29, 2014 8:05 am - NEW YORK - Chipmaker Intel has bought Basis Science, the startup behind the popular fitness tracker by the same name, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, announced Tuesday...
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Lake County to shift kids health fair focusMar 29, 2014 8:00 am - An annual health fair for school-age kids in Lake County will shift its focus as organizers encourage families to find a "medical home" to improve long-term health. The ...
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Health law legacy eludes ObamaMar 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - As a roller-coaster sign-up season winds down, President Barack Obama's health care law has indeed managed to change the country. Americans are unlikely to ...
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Study: Married folks have fewer heart problemsMar 29, 2014 1:01 am - Love can sometimes break a heart but marriage seems to do it a lot of good. A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than sin...