All Stories from May 9, 2015 (Change date)
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Start growing your own vegetablesMay 12, 2015 6:19 am - If you have never tasted a fresh-picked tomato, freshly dug potato or newly harvested broccoli, you have missed the incredible taste of homegrown vegetables. In additio...
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Lost fitness: How 'detraining' affects your bodyMay 12, 2015 6:25 am - With five kids age 6 and under - including a set of twins - Karyn Ryan could barely find the time to sleep, let alone exercise. After a nine-month hiatus from her fitne...
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Streaming apps threaten a TV bastion: Live sportsMay 11, 2015 7:43 am - Since the advent of the VCR and then YouTube, the media industry's No. 1 enemy has been piracy. But while Hollywood and the TV networks have fought one technology after ...
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Should you be concerned with exposing kids to e-cigarettes?May 11, 2015 6:33 am - I entered "well-controlled" into the 5-year-old's electronic medical record, but I wasn't referring to her good behavior. I was simply checking in with her mom during t...
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DVD previews: 'Still Alice,' 'Mortdecai'May 12, 2015 6:10 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 12: "Still Alice" (PG-13, 101 minutes, Sony): Julianne Moore won an Academy Award for her role in this tear-jerker abou...
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The first step in treating chronic fatigue is to see your doctorMay 11, 2015 6:33 am - Q: For the past few months I just haven't had my usual energy. Should I see a doctor? A: We all have times when we lack energy; it's a universal human experience. We c...
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Midwest travel: Music fest to rock Belmont-Sheffield areaMay 12, 2015 11:04 am - Chicago Trendy tunes The intersection of Belmont and Sheffield is the hub of Chicago's trendy Lakeview neighborhood, and the yearly Belmont-Sheffield Music Fes...
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From tufts to cubist groupings, Milan shows off design trendsMay 10, 2015 7:47 am - Every two years, tens of thousands of designers from all over the world descend on the northern Italian city of Milan for the much-awaited Salone del Mobile (furniture s...
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New research: Being fat in middle age cuts risk of developing dementiaMay 12, 2015 6:19 am - LONDON - A surprising study contradicting all previous research found that being fat in middle age appears to cut the risk of developing dementia rather than increase it...
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Northwestern medicine researchers solve mystery of deadly transplant infectionMay 13, 2015 6:22 am - When Harlan Dorbin passed away from a rare infection one month after his successful lung transplant surgery, his surgeon turned to Dorbin's sister and made a promise. "I...