Health and Fitness
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Your health: Slow, deep breathing may help with dry eyesFeb 09, 2015 4:45 am - Slow, deep breathing may help dry eyes Abdominal breathing, a muscle-relaxation technique, may help people with dry-eye disease produce more tears, says a small s...
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Enroll Lake County! offers extended hours before deadlineFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - Enroll Lake County! is offering extended hours the final weekend of the health insurance enrollment period before the Feb. 15 deadline. Walk-ins are welcome, but appoint...
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How to choose the right hearing aid for your specific needsFeb 08, 2015 6:32 am - Tired of making people repeat themselves? Is cranking up the volume on the TV no longer enough help? That's a signal it's time to get your hearing checked and consider ...
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FDA to toughen review of defibrillatorsFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Those automatic defibrillators that dot every office building, airport and shopping mall around the country? They undoubtedly have saved people who otherwis...
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Fitness trends: Return to basics plus technologyFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - If you're sporting a heart-rate monitor while banging out your last set of push-ups in a class of three people, you're on the cutting edge of fitness. Even if you just m...
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Lifestyle changes, medication relieve symptoms of BPHFeb 08, 2015 4:45 am - Q: I'm 68. I've jogged regularly for decades, but I've recently developed a touch of arthritis in my knees. Will continuing to run make my knees wear out faster? A: Hav...
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Service dogs help people in wheelchairs navigate winterFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - Many suburbanites are sick of snow drifts, slick ice, dirty slush, numbing cold and those spinning wheels. "I push forward, and if I can't go forward, I push backward," ...
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The rise of the avocado, America's new favorite fruitFeb 07, 2015 6:00 am - America is in love with avocados. The country's appetite for the creamy versatile fruit (yes, avocados are fruit) has grown just about every year for the past 15 years, ...
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On painkillers? Talk to your doctor before trying to get pregnantFeb 07, 2015 6:00 am - More than one-fourth of women who might become pregnant are getting prescriptions for opiod painkillers, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, that can cause birth defects and ...
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Magnesium can lower cholesterol, studies showFeb 07, 2015 6:00 am - Recently, one of my patients came into my office with some interesting news. Most of her life she had been plagued with high cholesterol that was difficult to treat. Sh...