Health and Fitness
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Record-setting year for At Work ChallengeMay 14, 2017 7:20 am - In its fifth and biggest year, the At Work Challenge saw 80 teams start the challenge from 75 different companies. The 400 contestants came from a wide variety of compa...
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True confessions: What I did and didn't do during Fittest LoserMay 14, 2017 7:20 am - Starting out on this adventure 12 long weeks ago, I figured I would exercise diligently all 12 weeks of the Fittest Loser Challenge. But with the proposed Push Start You...
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Comparing surgical procedures to clear carotid artery plaqueMay 13, 2017 7:30 am - Q: My cardiovascular surgeon tells me medicine has mostly abandoned shunt and stent placements as a solution to carotid artery plaques. Instead, doctors are returning to...
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Your health: Most kids rely on french fries as their vegetableMay 13, 2017 7:30 am - Survey: Fries are most kids' veggies Most children go days without eating any greens, a new study reveals. For 90 percent of kids, potatoes - in the form of french ...
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Divas can't wait to return to Lake ZurichMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - One visit to Lake Zurich hooked a couple thousand divas last month. Village board trustees will be asked Monday to allow a return of the Divas running series in October....
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The perceived benefits - and potential dangers - of cold-water swimmingMay 11, 2017 1:00 am - Q: Our family visits a lake in the mountains every summer where the water seldom gets above 60 degrees. I dislike swimming in cold water, but my husband and dad insist t...
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Northwest Community Hospital's therapy dogs are good medicineMay 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Hospital's therapy dogs are good medicine
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Constable: Still time to find talent, pleasure once pressure is goneMay 09, 2017 5:30 am - Running has never run in my family. Outside of a mandatory 1-mile run during annual tryouts for the high school football team, I've enjoyed a lifetime of confining my ru...
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Images: Tony Wiszowaty named Daily Herald's Fittest Loser for 2017May 09, 2017 1:00 am - See Tony Wiszowaty of Schaumburg named the Daily Herald's 2017 Fittest Loser at Chandler's Banquets in Schaumburg Monday night. ...
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Former Marine from Schaumburg is the Fittest LoserMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been corrected to say Tony Wiszowaty lives in Schaumburg and Russell Page lives in Antioch. While shopping at Sam's Club, Tony Wiszowa...