Health and Fitness
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Hoffman Estates offering school physicals, shotsJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates Department of Health and Human Services will offer back-to-school physicals and immunizations for school-age children at the Children's Im...
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Roskam plan to develop antibiotics to fight 'superbugs' moves in CongressJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - A plan from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam intended to spur development for new antibiotics to fight so-called superbugs is advancing in Congress. The U.S. House approved a prop...
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LaunchPoint gets 2nd American Heart Association Fit-Friendly Worksite AwardJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - ITASCA - LaunchPoint, a provider of cloud-based software, solutions and services for health care organizations, has been recognized as a Gold-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite...
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Alzheimer's education program scheduled in Lake ForestJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - The Alzheimer's Association, Greater Illinois Chapter's educational program Dementia Conversations is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, at Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old Mi...
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Healthy Lombard offers raffle tickets for riding bikesJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - Children can earn a raffle ticket for big prizes by riding their bikes Saturday morning in Healthy Lombard's first "Tour de Apple." Healthy Lombard founder Jay Wojc...
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How young women can stay healthy in collegeJul 07, 2015 7:00 am - Dr. M. Susan Scanlon has practiced obstetrics and gynecology for nearly 20 years in Arlington Heights and Hoffman Estates, treating everyone from adolescents and expecta...
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Now that we can edit our genome, where do we go?
Jul 06, 2015 6:00 am - Every human genome contains the blueprints for building a person, a library of roughly 20,000 genes that encode everything from eye color to cancer risk. Imagine if tho...
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Tackling the problem of childhood obesity
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Your health: Study says some sun may increase chances of getting pregnantJul 05, 2015 7:00 am - Sun may up chances of getting pregnant Soaking up the sun may increase the chances of getting pregnant by a third, according to new research. The Daily Mail reports...
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A first: New guidelines back device for treating strokes
Jul 04, 2015 7:00 am - Many stroke patients have a new treatment option - if they seek help fast enough to get it. New guidelines endorse using a removable stent to open clogged arteries causi...