Lifestyle
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‘I think it’s delivered everything we hoped it would’: Lake County leaders celebrate five years of 211 helplineOct 26, 2024 9:58 am - United Way of Lake County and dozens of partner organizations are celebrating five years of 211 service and more than 350,000 connections made since its debut.
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Grief & healing: Halloween is almost hereOct 26, 2024 7:00 am - Halloween is approaching and amid the parties, costumes and treats is the question of how cultures treat death and the departed.
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Geneva Steeple Walk returns Dec. 8Oct 26, 2024 12:35 am - One of the most beloved holiday season traditions is back! Diverse musical talent entertains Steeple Walk concertgoers in historic Geneva churches.
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Aurora church to host Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 27Oct 26, 2024 12:10 am - Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will celebrate Halloween with its annual Trunk or Treat event in the church parking lot from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sun...
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Trying to bring her home: Algonquin salon raises money for NIU nursing grad with bone cancer
Oct 25, 2024 1:18 pm - Salon 37 in Algonquin is trying to raise money to help cover medical costs for a 24-year-old Algonquin woman battling Stage 4 bone cancer.
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Carolyn Hax: One daughter is allergic; the other ‘insists’ on bringing a dog
Oct 25, 2024 6:00 am - One sister is allergic to dogs and the other insists on bringing her pooch along to visit Mom while her sister is there. Mom wants to know what she should do. Carolyn Hax says its a no-brainer — breathing takes priority over Fluffy.
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I thought life after breast cancer would go back to normal. I was wrong.
Oct 25, 2024 3:41 am - When I was first diagnosed, I talked to a lot of survivors, and again and again they told me that the most difficult part would actually come after treatment was over. I didn’t believe them.
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‘Ghosting’ is a two-way street in the doctor-patient relationshipOct 25, 2024 12:12 am - There are times when a patient will ghost their doctor — maybe they don’t want to hear bad news, or don’t want to admit they didn’t follow the diet as prescribed. But doctors can ghost patients, too — sometimes from being overworked, but also because of how the patient acts.
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Sharing books with children is the best holiday gift of allOct 24, 2024 11:39 pm - Reading to your child every day — 20 to 30 minutes with devices turned off — helps children develop language and vocabulary, gets them ready to listen and learn in school and strengthens the nurturing relationship that children need.
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Ask the doctors: Understanding medication side effects and homeostasisOct 24, 2024 11:01 pm - Are side effects caused by additives in medicine, or is another process at work? The doctors break it down.