Health and Fitness
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How to maintain your good quarantine health habits
Jul 20, 2020 6:00 am - While being in quarantine undoubtedly has its downsides, for many, it presented an opportunity to establish a new fitness routine. Now the tough part: continuing such ro...
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Stevenson High bucks trend, will continue remote learning through fallJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - With the COVID-19 crisis showing no signs of ending, Stevenson High School students will be taught remotely when the new term begins next month, officials revealed Monda...
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Elgin art studio owner: 18 days for COVID-19 test resultsJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - The co-owner of an art studio in Elgin said he had to wait 18 days to find out he tested positive for COVID-19, a delay that is being attributed to a backlog in the mids...
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'It's not too much to mask': McHenry County leaders launch campaign to encourage face coveringsJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Resume McHenry County - a task force of local leaders designed to help the county recover from COVID-19 - has launched a new social media campaign to tell residents that...
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Fourth annual 'Jimmy Rancich Birthday Blood Drive' moves from front porch to Rosemont Aug. 8Jul 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Bravely battling a rare and aggressive form of Stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma he was diagnosed with in 2013, Jimmy Rancich decided four years ago that hosting a communit...
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With hot and humid summer days comes increased risk of heat illnessJul 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Sometimes, summer is quite literally too hot to handle. Despite being preventable, more than 600 people in the United States are killed by extreme heat every year, acco...
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Loneliness linked to a number of diseases and conditionsJul 19, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I live alone, and stay-at-home orders have been hard. I've heard people say that being lonely is really bad for your health, and now I believe them. What problems ca...
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Men should limit alcohol to one drink a day, experts sayJul 18, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK - If you decide to have an alcoholic drink, limiting yourself to one a day is best - whether you're a man or woman. That's the new advice experts are recommendi...
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Children with congenital heart disease are patched, not curedJul 18, 2020 6:00 am - Every year, 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart defect, the most common birth defect in the country. This occurs when the heart or blood vessels around the he...
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Swedish pancakes and healthy memory associationsJul 18, 2020 6:00 am - Somehow I got it in my mind to make Swedish pancakes. I made them for myself two days in a row. They are very thin and fry quickly. Usually they are made rather small in...