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Health insurance reminder: Fall is "use it or lose it" timeOct 19, 2019 7:00 AM - Many health-care consumers forget that some health-care benefits disappear at the end of each calendar year, which makes autumn is "use it or lose it" time. To make sure you're not forfeiting any benefits, ask yourself these five questions.
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Patio gardens cheer everyday life
Oct 19, 2019 7:00 AM - A patio garden is a favorite hobby of mine. It brings me cheer all spring and summer because it is in full view right outside my kitchen sliding glass doors and the windows above the sink. It's engaging, pleasing, fun, and taking care of the patio flowers makes me feel better. So this actually helps me deal with long-term grief, with missing my dear husband Baheej. He loved flowers. Now that fall is here, and I am looking out at my rather bare patio, and I realize I need more pumpkins, more fall decorations and maybe I should even put up the Christmas lights early -- lights strung on the patio railings and bushes will help fill the void left by summer flowers now gone. And they will brighten up the much shorter days we now have.
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Nonprofits register now for the 10th annual McHenry County Human Race
Oct 18, 2019 8:37 PM - Charities serving McHenry County should register now to participate in the April 26, 2020 McHenry County Human Race. -
Local expert answers questions about the dangers of vaping
Oct 13, 2019 7:31 AM - When vaping first became popular, it was touted as a safer alternative to smoking. But in the past few months 18 people have died and hundreds more have been sickened by a mysterious vaping-related lung disease. Local expert Dr. Adam Posner talks to the Daily Herald about the facts and the myths about vaping. -
Gut microbiome may have connection to mental healthOct 13, 2019 6:00 AM - Q. I've been on a few different medications for depression, but none of them did much of anything. A friend keeps going on about psychobiotics, which to me doesn't even sound like a real word. What is he talking about?
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Grief: Some days just don't seem fair
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Faces of dyslexia: How a suburban carpenter, a hockey pro and The Fonz are working with it
Oct 12, 2019 5:16 PM - Dyslexia causes difficulty reading and recognizing words, a learning disorder experts say affects as much as 20% of the population to some degree. Here's how it has affected a well-known actor, a championship hockey player and an independent carpenter. -
Precision medicine allows breast cancer patient to skip chemo
Oct 12, 2019 7:31 AM - Early detection and precision medicine combined for a good outcome for Elaine Florczak, a breast cancer survivor who was treated at Northwest Community Healthcare. -
Signs and symptoms of a staph infection
Oct 12, 2019 6:00 AM - "Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that lives on everyone's skin," says Dr. Tina Tan, who specializes in infectious diseases. -
Hot tubs vs. kids' health safety: Here are some facts
Oct 12, 2019 9:00 AM - My local YWCA recently enacted a new rule: No kids under age 15 allowed in the hot tub. It was a blow to one of my family's favorite winter activities.
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