Health and Fitness
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Try physical therapy instead of surgery for stenosis painJul 18, 2015 7:00 am - Q: I have painful spinal stenosis in my lower back. My doctor wants me to have surgery, but that seems extreme. Is surgery really my best option? A: Lumbar (low back) sp...
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Hit a fitness plateau? Here's how to break through itJul 18, 2015 7:00 am - If you've ever attempted to lose weight or get healthy, you know how challenging things can be when you hit a plateau. You feel like you're working harder and harder bu...
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Local athletes, coaches, officials head to Special Olympics World Summer GamesJul 18, 2015 7:00 am - Several athletes, coaches and officials from the Chicago suburbs will leave on Tuesday, July 21, for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, Califor...
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Fitness For America Festival in Hoffman EstatesJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - The 2015 Fitness For America Sports Festival will be held in Hoffman Estates Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26. The seventh annual festival, now sponsored by AMITA H...
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'Obstacle-heavy' race coming to NapervilleJul 13, 2015 11:00 pm - Flipping tires, walking on balance beams, crossing monkey bars, scaling walls. Sound like fun? How about dribbling basketballs, sprinting with soccer balls or tossing fo...
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Breathe Deep Lake Arlington walk to support lung cancer researchJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Local resident Naomi Moderick lost her son Mark, after only a three month battle, to lung cancer. Moderick learned the hard way that the disease takes the lives of nearl...
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Getting past mental mileposts in an ultramarathon
Jul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - How does one prepare for the Ultimate Human Race? This question has vexed me since I signed up for the Comrades ultramarathon last fall. The road race, this year going u...
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How your body fights off virusesJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - You wanted to know "How do viruses attack the body and make you sick?" asked a sixth-grader in Gregg Thompson's social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee....
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8 things you didn't know about perinatal mood disorders
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View prairie flowers on savana walk in Lake BarringtonJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Citizens for Conservation is hosting its second season of Interactive Self-Guided Prairie Walks at Flint Creek Savanna, located at CFC's Headquarters, 459 W. Hwy. 22 in ...