Health and Fitness
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Vitamin D deficiency causes concernAug 04, 2014 5:45 am - A recent article in the Southern Medical Journal indicates that the incidence of vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency in this country is significantly higher than previ...
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Protect your children from the dangers of the InternetAug 04, 2014 5:45 am - Some of the most popular gifts for children are electronic devices designed for access to the Internet. Laptops, tablets, cellphones, and iPods are common in every Ameri...
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You're not too young for hip replacementAug 04, 2014 5:30 am - I first felt it while walking with my wife a few years ago. A throb in my right hip that never seemed to go away, causing a limp, which triggered other problems (trouble...
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Firehouse Subs gives grant to Mt. Prospect Fire DepartmentAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - The Mount Prospect Fire Department has received a grant totaling nearly $22,000 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. Fire officials said the funds will be ...
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Death of a young woman leads to gift of life for anotherAug 04, 2014 1:00 am - Despair and emptiness mixed with joy and thanks Monday during an emotional public meeting of two families whose lives became indelibly entwined with the sudden death of ...
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Tracking devices give assisted living a boostAug 03, 2014 11:00 pm - About two months ago, Cindi Ramos made the decision to move her elderly father out of his seven-room house in Stafford, Conn., into an assisted living facility. In the y...
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Protein: Why it's so popular right nowAug 03, 2014 5:45 am - When milk marketers went searching for a replacement for their notorious “Got Milk?” campaign, they asked 2,500 teens and adults what promise would make milk more appeti...
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Kids 1st Health Fair returnsAug 03, 2014 1:01 am - Kids 1st Health Fair will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Miguel Juarez Middle School, 207 N. Butrick St., Waukegan. The fair has provided free immunizati...
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5 things to know about Ebola outbreakAug 02, 2014 1:01 am - Three West Africa nations are struggling to control an outbreak of Ebola. The virus was first discovered nearly four decades ago in Congo in a village near the Ebola Riv...
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Baby boomers becoming long-distance caregiversAug 02, 2014 12:01 am - Suburban adults watch over parents from farther away