Health and Fitness
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Fittest Loser Team Challenge: Dancing while housecleaning and other challengesApr 19, 2020 6:00 am - There are many barriers faced when someone decides to transform their lifestyle into a healthier one. The past month has been a challenge for everyone as many are workin...
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What 'stay-at-home' exercise routines look like for the Fittest Loser contestantsApr 19, 2020 6:00 am - Exercise is one of the best ways to reduce anxiety. Working out may be more important than ever during this extremely stressful “shelter in place” time. While at-home wo...
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Lost insurance and need insulin? Makers offer it free or cheapApr 19, 2020 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Diabetes patients struggling to afford insulin, especially those losing health insurance because of the coronavirus pandemic, can get it at sharply reduc...
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Co-parenting during COVID-19Apr 18, 2020 7:00 am - Parenting is challenging enough when both parents live in the same home. When they live apart, as after a separation or divorce, things can get even more difficult. Pare...
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Our calendars keep alerting us about canceled events, like ghosts of the lives we would have led
Apr 18, 2020 6:16 am - Laurie Daste and her husband, Craig, couldn't wait to take their son, Rhett, to watch the New Orleans Pelicans. The basketball game, part of a patchwork of events fillin...
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FDA approves pill for aggressive breast cancer that's spreadApr 18, 2020 6:00 am - U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new drug for an aggressive type of breast cancer that's spread in the body - including into the brain, where it's especially tough t...
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Adopting a pet can help with the grieving processApr 18, 2020 6:00 am - Why do we love our pets? Let me count the ways. You have probably heard the phrase “eye candy.” I didn't hear it until a couple years ago. And at first I didn't understa...
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Camp One Step for kids with cancer finds way around stay-at-home orderApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - Working with children diagnosed with cancer, Camp One Step knows about finding ways around adversity. So when the COVID-19 pandemic forced its day campers to stay away,...
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Cancer survivors share tips on how to stay resilient during quarantineApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - Dancing was an escape for Ava Blaser and played a big part in her journey as a two-time cancer survivor. It's how she coped during weeks of isolation to safeguard her we...
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Orthopedic docs do their part with 'telehealth' conferencesApr 17, 2020 6:00 am - Other than contracting coronavirus, the last thing you'd want to do at this time is twist an ankle, aggravate a knee injury or break a finger and head to an emergency ro...