Health and Fitness
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Autism Speaks is recruiting advocatesDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - During my first visit ever to Capitol Hill recently, I talked with members of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s offices, about helping children and adults w...
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Can't fall asleep? Over-the-counter aids have a mixed recordDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - Every morning I am greeted by Facebook friends complaining of sleepless nights or awakenings. I know the feeling — as do many other Americans. In a 2005 survey of 1,506 ...
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New Libertyville business caters to boomers and beyondDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - Sixty years ago, America's senior citizens got their exercise by cutting the grass with a push mower, pulling laundry through a wringer washer and walking to buy a carto...
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Caregivers feel a range of emotionsDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - Editor’s note: November was National Caregiver Month. When my wife died, those around me seemed sadder than me. I knew why, but I worried that I appeared to be ... almos...
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Your health: Eat off a red plate?Dec 09, 2013 4:00 am - As the holidays roll around, some of us can't wait to pile our plates with cookies, candy and family favorites. But if you're feeling overwhelmed by seasonal excess, tr...
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Schools play catch-up as e-cigarettes catch onDec 08, 2013 5:55 am - WASHINGTON — When a teacher noticed what looked like smoke rising in her Eastern Middle School classroom one day this fall, she quickly investigated, finding an eighth-g...
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One girl's novel request for Make-A-WishDec 07, 2013 10:00 pm - When Make-A-Wish volunteers met with Ravina Thakkar in March 2010 to see if they could make her dream come true, the 10-year-old girl shocked them. “We're like 'Whoa,'” ...
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Gift honors late Buffalo Grove police and fire officialDec 07, 2013 10:00 pm - The Joint Commission is donating $10,000 to the village of Buffalo Grove in honor of Jerod Loeb, a Buffalo Grove fire and police commissioner since 2005, who lost his tw...
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Gene therapy scores big wins against blood cancersDec 07, 2013 1:04 pm - In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform pat...
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Operation North Pole a day to remember for sick kidsDec 07, 2013 11:00 am - A very special Metra train spreading a whole lot of holiday cheer — think jolly firemen, impish elves and a rambunctious Mrs. Santa — carried more than 60 children and f...