Health and Fitness
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Mt. Prospect walking club meets TuesdaysMay 11, 2014 1:01 am - The Mount Prospect Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Senior Walking Club for residents will start meeting for the season Tuesday, May 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the pa...
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Moms celebrate their day with 5KMay 11, 2014 1:01 am - As dozens of women lined up Sunday for the start of the Run Like a Mother 5K in Hinsdale, 70-year-old Judy Casten blended in with everyone else who chose to celebrate Mo...
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Perfect Mother's Day gift? How about a breast-milk bankMay 10, 2014 11:00 pm - The suburbs have plenty of reasons to celebrate breast-feeding this Mother's Day. The suburbs are home to a mom who donated more than 127 gallons of her breast milk to s...
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Do 'aliens of the sea' hold the key to brain science?May 10, 2014 5:45 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Researcher Leonid Moroz emerges from a dive off the Florida Keys and gleefully displays a plastic bag holding a creature that shimmers like an op...
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Children learn about health and safetyMay 10, 2014 1:00 am - Fun activities and a little education were part of the 10th annual Children's Health and Safety Fair held Saturday at the Northwestern Grayslake Outpatient Center in Gra...
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Prosthetic arm from Segway inventor approved by FDAMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - A prosthetic arm made by a company founded by Segway inventor Dean Kamen was approved for sale by U.S. regulators, who called it the first such device able to respond to...
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Charity marchers to don combat boots for 30-mile trekMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - About 100 people are expected to don combat boots this month for a 30-mile march through the North Shore designed to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress syndrome in...
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Land of Lincoln Health to stick around for 2015May 08, 2014 1:01 am - A new nonprofit offering health insurance in Illinois will keep offering plans next year despite capturing only a small portion of customers on the new insurance marketp...
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Senate approves plan to fund poison center with cellphone feesMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers have advanced a plan to keep the Illinois Poison Center from closing in a tight budget year. The Illinois Senate approved the measure Thur...
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Lake County sees increase in suspected mumps but cases isolatedMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County health officials report an increase in the number of mumps cases but don't consider the situation to require special action. Authorities said four probable a...