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Health and Fitness
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May is Stroke Awareness Month, which serves as a time when medical associations and professionals call attention to the realities of strokes, how they affect people and how to prevent them.
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NEW YORK (AP) — After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key co...
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Amid spring cleaning season, it can be tempting to dismiss housework as drudgery. But experts, from Zen monks to psychologists, say there are mental health benefits to be found in such manual chores as sweeping, mopping and clearing away clutter.
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Do you spend hours a day sitting in an office, driving a car or truck, or even lounging around watching TV or playing video games? Chances are, you’ve experienced a stiff or achy back. According to the World Health Organization, low back pain is the single most common cause of disability worldwide.
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Deciding when to get routine mammograms is confusing. Some health groups recommend women begin at age 40 or 45, while another recently opted for age 50. They also differ on whether yearly or every other year is best.
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Approximately 22 million adults 55 or older live alone in America, with an estimated 28% of them being childless. While specific numbers for Illinois are not available, this national statistic gives a general idea of the breadth of the solo-ager population.
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We now know that the gut microbiome has a profound effect on more than digestion. It also affects metabolism, immunity, disease risk, longevity and even mental and emotional health.
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A $175 million expansion for cancer and neuroscience care has been proposed for Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
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Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places.
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The World Health Organization director-general openly worried Tuesday over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where authorities reported a sharp increase in suspected deaths — to at least 134 — and more than 500 suspected cases.
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