Health and Fitness
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Yoga can help kids connect to their bodiesAug 01, 2020 7:00 am - Q: What do you think about yoga for children? We're having trouble keeping three kids busy without their usual play dates and activities, and our 8-year-old has been say...
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Vitamin D may offer some protection against coronavirusAug 01, 2020 7:00 am - It may seem COVID-19 is an undefeatable virus. It is indeed resistant to many medications and seems to be unyielding to the human immune system. Early on in this pandemi...
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Theory suggests thymus plays role in severity of COVIDAug 01, 2020 6:00 am - Q: What's the connection between the novel coronavirus and the thymus gland? A friend of ours who is a doctor says it's probably what keeps young kids from getting so si...
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Bring some joyful 'noise' to your houseAug 01, 2020 6:00 am - I have heard people say that after a death in the family, and particularly the death of a dear spouse, child or other close family member, that it is “too quiet” in the ...
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Paved trail link along Shoe Factory Road in Hoffman Estates officially opensAug 01, 2020 1:00 am - Local leaders gathered Saturday morning to open the long-delayed east-west bike trail link along Shoe Factory Road from Route 59 west to the Canadian National railroad t...
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'This disease is not a joke': Lake Zurich man thought COVID-19 was a hoax, then needed new lungsJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - A Lake Zurich man who was the second known COVID-19 patient in the nation to undergo a double-lung transplant thought the virus was a hoax until he contracted it. "This ...
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Three books examine what it means to live with a disability in America
Jul 30, 2020 6:00 am - "Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History" by Jaipreet Virdi (Chicago) "Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need" by Sasha Costanza...
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Christ Church blood drive Aug. 6 aims to serve 70 area hospitalsJul 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Lifeblood by its very definition is what sustains us as living beings. During this season of uncertainty and widespread health calamity, supplies of blood are extra val...
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USA Fibroid Survey Shows Widespread Lack of Awareness About Uterine FibroidsJul 29, 2020 11:00 pm - A lack of awareness surrounding uterine fibroids and non-surgical treatment options is among the findings in a new report out today from the USA Fibroid Centers who cond...
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DuPage County Health Department partners with Olympian to prevent drowningsJul 29, 2020 11:00 pm - According to media reports, five Illinois children, ages 1 to 12, fatally drowned between June 1 and July 17, 2020 in pools or open water. Three of the children were age...