Yo-Yo Ma, Oscar Peterson and many other highly-skilled musicians began their music training before the age of 7. In a recent study
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When germs invade the house, it’s common to reach for bleach-based cleaning products to help eliminate them, but experts say those chemicals
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As life expectancy increases among Americans, more people are living to be 100 years old and beyond. Researchers at Boston University School
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A person who eats an apple a day is presumed to be healthy, but new research shows that eating the fruit daily
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A new study shows that power naps can improve memory. Research published in the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory compared a
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For many college students, images of alcohol and a warm beach go hand-in-hand with spring break. And in many cases, it’s not
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Fashion or comfort? When it comes to shoes, there seems to be two types of women: those who love to wear fashionable
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Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean you can put away your sunscreen especially if you are heading out to the slopes
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Make a STRIKE to support Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital at the Family Fun Bowl coming up at Pinstripes in South Barrington on
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Getting a good night’s sleep is essential for good health and vitality. Although some ailments may be simply annoying, others may lead
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Following the lead of campaign co-chairs Paul and Barbara Hills, many Barrington-area philanthropists have made major charitable gifts to the Look Forward
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Midwesterners are quite used to Mother Nature’s fickle ways during the winter, but with today’s extreme temperatures, a medical expert from Advocate
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It’s day one of 2015 and we reached our goal, for the fourth year, of writing about 365 things to do, places
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Every year, news travels about various infectious disease outbreaks…but this year is a bit different with a mumps outbreak plaguing the National
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You’ve probably read the news by now that the influenza virus strains in this year’s vaccine don’t exactly match the strain of
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