Health and Fitness
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Advocate Medical Group doctor offers tips on what to expect at your annual checkupMar 22, 2023 11:00 pm - Everyone should have an annual physical for overall health, but what exactly are doctors looking for and what can you expect at a checkup? While in some ways that can de...
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Gail Borden Library to hold Health & Wellness Fair on SaturdayMar 22, 2023 1:00 am - Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave. in Elgin, is offering a free Health & Wellness Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Stop by to receive health infor...
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Anthony Fauci doc on PBS covers a career of crises
Mar 21, 2023 6:00 am - NEW YORK - There's a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protester holds up a handmade sign reading, "Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us." It say...
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COVID-19 public health emergency declarations end soon. What will change?Mar 20, 2023 5:30 am - It's typical of our three-year COVID-19 odyssey that there's no perfect ending. In two months, pandemic public health emergency declarations will expire - a move that co...
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Medication safety tips and poison prevention in young childrenMar 19, 2023 7:00 am - Prescriptions and over-the-counter medications should always be stored safely and away from young children. Every year, about 50,000 U.S. children visit the hospital eme...
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Pink eye most often a viral infectionMar 19, 2023 7:00 am - Q: Our 7-year-old came home from school with an itchy eye. A few days later, all three of our kids, plus my husband and I, had pink eye. Our family doctor gave us antibi...
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'3-day stay' rule may be on its way outMar 19, 2023 7:00 am - Before the pandemic, you may have been caught unawares by this 58-year-old Medicare rule: You have to have been admitted as an inpatient in a hospital for at least three...
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How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage
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At 55, man didn't know he was living with a 'ticking time bomb'Mar 18, 2023 7:00 am - Richard Horton woke up one morning needing to use the bathroom. He got out of bed, took a couple steps and stumbled into the wall. The 55-year-old insurance broker told ...
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Create a soothing retreat you can go when overwhelmedMar 18, 2023 6:00 am - I think most of us need a place at home where we can feel calmer and basically comfortable. This is especially important when bereaved. Sometimes there is so much hurt a...