Health and Fitness
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High-risk babies return to hospital for reunionOct 28, 2015 11:00 am - Little Maya Rodriguez, 4, of Palatine had on a princess costume. It was the fall festival held Saturday at AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Women's & Children's Hospital in...
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Serving size on label not always healthy choiceOct 28, 2015 4:00 am - Q: Does the serving size listed on a food label signify the amount that is healthy for me to eat? A: No, not always. The serving size on the label provides a reference ...
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Constable: Wheelchairs become part of kids' magical Halloween costumesOct 28, 2015 1:00 am - A wheelchair can make a child stand out, and that's not necessarily a good thing. But on Halloween, some suburban parents transform their sons' and daughters' wheelchair...
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MS group that meets in Elk Grove turns 20Oct 27, 2015 11:00 pm - The Multiple Sclerosis Support Group that meets monthly at the Elk Grove Village Public Library celebrated 20 years Oct. 21 at Elly's Pancake House in Elk Grove Village....
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More women are getting contraceptive implants after having their babies
Oct 27, 2015 6:00 am - Over the last three years, a medical trend has quietly swept maternity wards across the United States: More women are getting the chance to insert an intrauterine device...
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Danica Patrick steers Naperville hospital patients through the gymOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Don't ask Danica Patrick if she's "OK." The up-for-anything, ultracompetitive NASCAR driver already has done side kicks and leg raises - all while balancing on black-hee...
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Foods are better than pills when it comes to providing vitamins
Oct 26, 2015 5:45 am - I sadly but definitely annoy my children when I launch into my nutrition talk. As soon as I utter the words "protein" or "healthy," the responses I usually get is glassy...
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More than 23,000 people wind up in the ER each year due to dietary supplements
Oct 26, 2015 5:45 am - Multivitamins, diet pills and energy boosters may not be the harmless substances you think they are. In the first study of its kind, published this month in the New Engl...
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Kids and protein powder: What you should know
Oct 26, 2015 5:45 am - Last summer, my 12-year-old played four or more hours of baseball, including fitness training every day. During this stretch, he developed a new interest in building mu...
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For Elk Grove High School educator with cancer, all of life is a teachable momentOct 26, 2015 5:33 am - For Elk Grove High instructor, all of life is a teachable moment