Health and Fitness
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Meet the 98-year-old Elgin woman who walks 3 miles dailyApr 07, 2023 6:00 am - Betty McKeown should have been a postal worker in the days when nearly all walked their routes. She certainly had the skill set and ambition to walk whenever and whereve...
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Roselle Lions to hold 'Hope Springs Eternal' blood drive April 13Apr 04, 2023 11:00 pm - The Roselle Lions Club is sponsoring a "Hope Springs Eternal" blood drive on Thursday, April 13, at the Roselle Fire Department, 100 E. Maple in Roselle. It will take p...
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Birth of a Trail: Chicago Area Mountain Bikers prove reliable to help get trails built in area preservesApr 04, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first article of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. In part 2, CAMBr sets its sights on another Cook County trail. Seven years, 4,00...
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Help 11-year-old Frankie Techter find a match at stem cell donor screening and blood donation April 8Apr 03, 2023 11:00 pm - Frankie Techter, an 11-year-old Harter Middle School student, was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer called acute myeloid leukemia. He currently ...
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Communities not waiting to test for 'forever chemicals' in their waterApr 03, 2023 5:30 am - With no enforceable drinking water standard for substances known as "forever chemicals" at the state or federal level, local governments like Batavia and Evanston are mo...
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What to know about strep throat in childrenApr 02, 2023 7:00 am - Cases of group A streptococcus, also known as strep throat, have been on the rise in Illinois. While this bacterial infection is most common in children during winter an...
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Legal or illegal, marijuana is anything but benignApr 02, 2023 7:00 am - Illinois is what I would call a pot-friendly state. Sales at the state's 113 dispensaries reached a record $1.5 billion in 2022 and added $462 million in tax revenue to ...
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Cartilage loss increases joint frictionApr 02, 2023 7:00 am - Q: I am a 77-year-old woman diagnosed by my orthopedist with reduced cartilage in my right knee, probably due to wear and tear and arthritis. I'm not in pain, but I have...
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Maybe we, the bereaved, have to be the teachersMar 31, 2023 11:00 pm - I read an account of a grieving couple whose two children were killed in a car crash. The couple survived but the children died. Their car was hit by a drunken driver. (...
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'Huge win for the public health community': Advocates hail ruling allowing over-the-counter NarcanMar 29, 2023 1:00 am - Suburban advocates are hailing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to allow over-the-counter sales of Narcan, a nasal spray that can reverse the e...