Articles filed under Health
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Run for the STARS 5K June 9 to benefit STARS MinistryMay 22, 2018 11:00 pm - The Run for the STARS 5K race will be held on Saturday, June 9, in Wheaton. Now in its 15th year, Run for the STARS is one of the larger Chicago area 5K races based on ...
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How new runners get in shape with Busse Woods Couch to 5K programMay 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Every Tuesday night, Jenny Swanson of Wauconda and her 14-year old daughter, Mia, have a date night. That's when they drive to Palatine to meet up with their running gro...
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Mental health check in - Five tips for a healthy mind and bodyMay 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Dr. Andrew Segovia Kulik, chair of psychiatry at the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, is the first to admit that maintaining good mental health is hard, even for t...
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Arlington Heights home for those with mental illness marks 25 yearsMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - In a nondescript two-flat apartment building on Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights one recent afternoon, eight residents gathered to sing verses of "Oh! Susanna," pl...
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How a Winfield doctor helped get new opioid withdrawal drug approvedMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - A suburban doctor was one of the most active researchers to study a drug that recently became the first non-opioid approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat ...
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Seminar on how to prevent stroke May 23 in Arlington HeightsMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - Northwest Community Healthcare will host a free community event Wednesday, May 23, to educate the public about the warning signs of a stroke and how to prevent it. The e...
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Introducing a new column on long-term grief and healingMay 11, 2018 1:00 am - Next week, we introduce a new Monday column by Susan Anderson-Khleif meant to help widows and widowers cope with long-term grief. The overwhelming personal feedback we r...
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A soldier needed an ear transplant. Doctors 'grew' a new one in her arm.May 10, 2018 1:00 am - Two years ago, Army Pvt. Shamika Burrage almost died when she was ejected from her car during a crash in Texas. Afterward, when she woke up in the hospital, she wasn't w...
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Today’s Special: Obamacare Menu Labeling Rules Ushered InMay 07, 2018 7:00 am - President Donald Trump has found one part of the federal health law palatable: He’s allowing Obamacare rules that require chain restaurants to post calorie counts to g...
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Alexian Brothers Foundation ball raises money for mental health servicesMay 05, 2018 1:00 am - Guests at the Alexian Brothers Foundation's Ball de Fleur started out Saturday night near the Regenstein Macaque Forest at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, where soon there w...