Health and Fitness
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I stopped eating food that comes in a package and I've never felt better.Nov 23, 2014 6:01 am - I have, on more than one occasion, eaten an entire pizza by myself. Like, recently. These moments are not my proudest, but here we are. Between May and August this year,...
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Wheaton doctors work to spread positive message about house callsNov 22, 2014 10:00 pm - On a recent Tuesday morning, Bernard and Margaret Sloan got flu shots, had their blood drawn and discussed medications with their doctor. The couple — married 67 years —...
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Study links ADHD to a chemicalNov 22, 2014 6:01 am - More than 11 percent of school-age children in the United States have been given diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, a rate markedly higher than a dec...
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Pediatric kidney stone disease on the riseNov 22, 2014 6:01 am - Even in medicine, first impressions don't always reveal the truth. A usually very healthy teenager had gone to a local clinic complaining of pain and burning with urinat...
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Latinos are the group with largest uninsured populationNov 22, 2014 6:01 am - WASHINGTON - In the waiting room at La Clinica del Pueblo, a community health center in Washington, signs in Spanish encourage patients to "Empower yourself!" and sign u...
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Wolves GM leads charge against epilepsyNov 21, 2014 10:01 am - Matthew Young is just like any other 23-year-old. He's quick with a carefree laugh or a quip, and he's full of ambition and hope in his chosen profession as a freelance...
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Heart ailment fundraiser Sunday in PalatineNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - A fundraiser to raise money for scholarships and to foster heart tests for student athletes, conducted in honor of a student athlete who died of an undetected heart ailm...
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Des Moines struggling with nitrates in waterNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - Two rivers that supply water to 500,000 people in the Des Moines area show nitrate levels spiking to levels that make it unsafe for some to drink, a c...
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Boil order in effect in Hawthorn Woods, Forest Lake and GlennshireNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - Lake County officials have issued a boil order for homes in Hawthorn Woods, Forest Lake, and Glennshire after a power outage shut down electrical service at an important...
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Harper, CLC both going 100% smoke-free Jan. 1Nov 20, 2014 4:30 am - Smoking is social, says Harper College student Ian Craig, a way to meet friends in between classes. The Hoffman Estates native is confined to certain slivers of the Pala...