Health and Fitness
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Your health: Turn good posture into less back painAug 23, 2015 7:15 am - Turn good posture into less back pain Most of us get back pain at some point in our lives. One surprisingly simple strategy can go a long way to alleviating back pa...
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Constable: Depression-era boy from Schaumburg still a ballplayerAug 22, 2015 2:00 pm - The modern $200 carbon-fiber metal bat whips through the summer air at this Mount Prospect synthetic-turf field to rocket a 12-inch softball through the hole between thi...
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Mouth sores can lead to finger infectionAug 22, 2015 7:00 am - It wasn't fun having recurring cold sores, but it was truly mortifying to discover that her painful mouth sores were caused by the herpes virus. Yes, the 16-year-old kn...
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Tuberculosis is still a killer diseaseAug 22, 2015 7:00 am - Q: I have terrible sciatica pain from a slipped disk, but I've hesitated to take steroid pills. What do you think about this treatment? A: Your spine is essentially a co...
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Palatine teen with brain tumor to meet CubsAug 21, 2015 1:00 am - Watch the Cubs game Saturday afternoon, and you might see 15-year-old Palatine native Justin Davis having one of the best days of his life. Justin will be the game's hon...
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Yoga keeps kids 'engaged, energized'Aug 20, 2015 6:00 am - “Wow, yoga is awesome and very, very fun,” said 8-year-old Kate O'Neill from Lake Zurich. That's right, 8 years old. If you think yoga is a bunch of adult women dressed ...
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Does watching a film cliffhanger help us understand the brain?
Aug 20, 2015 6:00 am - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funds a lot of weird stuff, and in recent years more and more of it has been about the brain. Its signature work in this fi...
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Could new compound be key to treating obesity?
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Kids and caffeine: Should you be worried?
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FDA approves female sex pill, but with safety restrictionsAug 18, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by a phar...