Health and Fitness
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Veterans presentation:Feb 06, 2015 12:00 am - Military veterans who faced drug and alcohol problems and found a different way to live their lives will be telling their stories on Feb. 16 in Gurnee during a free pres...
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Headed to Caribbean? What to know about mosquito virus thereFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Vacationing in the Caribbean? Thousands of travelers have caught a virus spread by mosquitoes that has recently taken hold in the region. Chikungunya (chih-kihn-GOON'-yu...
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Going 'Wild' on your first long hike? Consider your feetFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - NEW YORK — A big, bad pair of hiking boots and the bloody hurt they inflicted on Cheryl Strayed's feet were co-stars in her book “Wild,” as they were for Reese Witherspo...
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Constable: Ebola is not what devastated this Elgin coupleFeb 05, 2015 4:30 am - In the midst of 2014's outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus and fears that it was poised to sweep across the United States, a disease-carrying mosquito in Florida made new...
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Veterans discuss drugs, alcohol:Feb 05, 2015 12:00 am - Military veterans who faced drug and alcohol problems and found a different way to live their lives will be telling their stories on Feb. 16 in Gurnee during a free pres...
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Why you should, and shouldn't, worry about measlesFeb 04, 2015 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Measles has become relatively rare in the United States, thanks to very effective vaccine. A recent outbreak tied to Disneyland has shown that even among some...
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Disneyland measles outbreak isn't largest in recent memoryFeb 04, 2015 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn't the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio's Amish countr...
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Some questions and answers about measles at workFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — A boss who's worried about an outbreak of measles in the workplace needs to tread lightly. Reports of a growing number of measles cases have employers wonderi...
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Plane with seven sick passengers returns to O'HareFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - A flight from Chicago to Denver returned to O'Hare International Airport after experiencing issues with cabin pressurization and ill passengers Tuesday morning. United A...
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UK nears making babies from DNA of 3 peopleFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - LONDON - Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people. The technology aims to liberate future generations from inherit...