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Lake County Health urges residents to get flu shot

Lake County Health Department submission
Dec 07, 2015 7:00 am - To reduce the risk of illness, public health departments and health care organizations across the state, including the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Cen...
Shalom meets namaste

By Stephanie Kanowitz The Washington Post
Dec 07, 2015 4:45 am - For most people, the word "Hanukkah" evokes images of candles burning on a menorah, Adam Sandler's song or a pile of enough presents to cover eight nights. Images of yog...
How Seasonal Affective Disorder came to be recognized as a problem

By Colby Itkowitz The Washington Post
Dec 07, 2015 4:45 am - A 1981 Washington Post story began: "I should have been a bear." The subject, quoted under a pseudo-name, was a young professional woman in New York suffering from depre...
Your health: Holiday decorating injuries are on the rise

Dec 06, 2015 6:12 am - When 'ho-ho' turns to 'oh, no!' Twisted ankles and backs, cuts, scrapes, bumps, bruises and electrical shocks are just a few things that can go wrong when people s...
Poor neighborhoods struggle without supermarkets

By Mike Schneider Associated Press
Dec 06, 2015 12:00 am - ST. LOUIS - As part of Michelle Obama's healthy eating initiative, a group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open or expand 1,500 grocery or convenience stores...
Watching too much TV in your 20s may impact how your brain works in mid-life

By Ariana Eunjung Cha The Washington Post
Dec 05, 2015 6:10 am - If you've stumbled across this article after binge-watching on Netflix for the third time this week, you'd better turn off that screen and pay attention. In a pretty ala...
Gene editing tool holds great promise

By Dr. Anthony Komaroff
Dec 05, 2015 6:00 am - Q: My son said he learned in school about a powerful new technique for editing genes that could possibly cure diseases. It also sounds a little scary. Can you tell me mo...
Lessen the stress on your body with glutathione

By Dr. Patrick Massey
Dec 05, 2015 6:00 am - Although the liver does an excellent job of detoxifying and reducing inflammation, with an ever-increasing stressful lifestyle and especially during the holiday season, ...
Two more reasons to breast-feed: It may reduce moms' cancer and diabetes risk

By Ariana Eunjung Cha The Washington Post
Dec 05, 2015 6:00 am - Thanks to a deluge of public health campaigns in the United States over the past decade, everyone knows how good breast-feeding can be for your child beyond simple nutri...
Wellness seminar in Waukegan

Daily Herald report
Dec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church will host its third annual wellness seminar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the church, 210 South Ave., Waukegan. ...

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