Health and Fitness
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Low back pain can have many causes, treatmentsMay 06, 2013 5:30 am - Q. I have low back pain. A friend of mine with back pain had surgery, but I want to avoid that. What are my options? A. There are many different causes of low back pain,...
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Schaumburg’s Waist Management wins team challengeMay 06, 2013 5:21 am - Family members and friends of Schaumburg Park District’s Waist Management team erupted into cheers and applause as the team was announced the 2013 Fittest Loser Communit...
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Smartphone physicals on the horizon?May 06, 2013 5:03 am - WASHINGTON — It’s not a “Star Trek” tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you could almost get a complete physical — without the paper gown or...
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Barrett a good name for Palatine facilityMay 06, 2013 5:00 am - The front page article of 4/14 on a permanent supportive housing development in Palatine was like Christmas in April for me. For almost 30 years, my husband and I have f...
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Fittest Loser contestants look ahead to new lifestylesMay 06, 2013 5:00 am - There wasn't much blood. But there were buckets of sweat, some tears and a fair amount of initial protest from their aching bodies. But in the end, the six contestants ...
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She's savoring 'incredible, life-changing gift'May 06, 2013 5:00 am - It's hard to believe how much things have changed since I started the Fittest Loser journey three months ago. Back then, I weighed 249 pounds. Exercising meant walking t...
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Final results for Fittest Loser contestants — in order of placeMay 06, 2013 5:00 am - Marianne Costales-Roman, 38, Carol Stream Starting weight: 222 Current weight: 162 Total weight loss: 60 pounds, 27 percent Joe Gundling, 18, Hanover Park Star...
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Triple amputee wants Boston victims to know it gets betterMay 05, 2013 8:00 am - The emotional impact of last month's bomb blasts in Boston that killed three, wounded 264 and severed limbs from more than a dozen victims still reverberates in suburban...
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U.S. to delete data on hospital mistakes from websiteMay 05, 2013 6:12 am - WASHINGTON — Two years ago, over objections from the hospital industry, the United States announced it would add data about “potentially life-threatening” mistakes made ...
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Doctor appointed assistant state health directorMay 03, 2013 4:43 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday appointed a central Illinois physician and failed congressional candidate as assistant director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Qui...