Health and Fitness
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Vernon Hills considers memory care facility for vacant siteNov 18, 2013 5:00 pm - Plans have come and gone over the years but there finally may be a user for a long-vacant site along Milwaukee Avenue in Vernon Hills. The Springs of Vernon Hills, an as...
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Nonagenarians find tai chi relaxing way to stay fitNov 18, 2013 6:36 am - Eleanor Peet of Rolling Meadows underwent knee replacement surgery several years ago and she has a mild form of spina bifida, but that doesn’t keep her down. At 90, she ...
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Improve your sleep to enhance your healthNov 18, 2013 4:30 am - Sleep is a state of reduced or absent consciousness that should technically take up about a third of our time. Sleep gives the body and mind time for much needed rest a...
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When Mom has cancer: Dad and teens struggle to copeNov 18, 2013 4:30 am - Dad, teen daughters struggle to cope
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Your health: How to avoid neck painNov 18, 2013 4:30 am - A pain in the neck Everyday life isn’t kind to the neck. You may be all too familiar with that crick you get when you cradle the phone between your shoulder and ea...
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Robots let doctors ‘beam’ into remote hospitalsNov 17, 2013 6:21 pm - CARMICHAEL, Calif. — The doctor isn’t in, but he can still see you now. Remote presence robots are allowing physicians to “beam” themselves into hospitals to diagnose pa...
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Local doctor a cancer buster and carrom champNov 17, 2013 7:00 am - Lake County doctor's stress busters: cricket and carrom
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Mexican cartel finds more buyers for cheap, potent heroin among Midwestern youthNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - Danny Dillon, a three-sport athlete, thought he was snorting a crushed-up pain pill the first time he tried heroin as a high school junior. Soon he was injecting the dru...
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Editorial: It’s time for bipartisan solutions on health careNov 17, 2013 4:00 am - You may remember Joe Walsh. A flamboyant populist conservative from the suburbs, he ran for Congress in 2010 because, he said, he was worried about his country. He serve...
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Can Obama's health care law be saved?Nov 16, 2013 3:00 pm - President Barack Obama's health care law risks coming unglued because of his administration's bungles and his own inflated promises. To avoid that fate, Obama needs brea...