Health and Fitness
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Letting go: When should parents step aside at the doctor's office?Sep 08, 2014 5:45 am - The partnership between parents and pediatrician evolves as a child grows. “In the beginning, obviously everything is between the parent and the doctor. They're babies ...
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Regular exercise is the key to maintaining mobilitySep 08, 2014 5:45 am - Q: I'm in my 80s. I recently stopped driving, and now I can get around independently only by walking. Can you tell me how to improve, or at least maintain, my mobility? ...
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State begins taking marijuana business applicationsSep 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Entrepreneurs wanting to cultivate or dispense medical marijuana under a new Illinois law are getting their chance to be considered, but few, if any, have ...
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Prescription drug drop-offSep 08, 2014 1:01 am - Lindenhurst police and the Drug Enforcement Administration will sponsor a prescription drug drop-off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the police department ...
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Serious respiratory illness hits hundreds of kidsSep 07, 2014 11:00 pm - Hundreds of children in more than 10 states, including Illinois, have been sickened by a severe respiratory illness that public health officials say may be caused by an ...
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Medical marijuana: 'Don't ask, don't tell' for state pot growersSep 07, 2014 7:30 am - They must disclose their finances. They must provide real-time video from security cameras. They must draw diagrams of the production models. But medical marijuana grow...
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A Christian family's cost-sharing alternative to federal health careSep 07, 2014 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. — “If you are a committed Christian,” the contract begins, “you do not have to violate your faith by purchasing government-approved health insurance.” Every ...
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How to improve your diet while travelingSep 06, 2014 7:00 am - Q. I'm trying to eat right and lose weight but I travel almost every week. Sometimes I'm in the car for several hours and other times I'm getting on a plane and flying a...
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Loosening up a Tin Man's golf swingSep 06, 2014 7:00 am - I was lying flat on my stomach on a treatment table as the physical therapist lifted my right leg. Then he lifted my left. So how'd I do, Doc? "I'd give your right hip a...
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New rec center takes West Chicago to 'new level'Sep 06, 2014 1:01 am - After surveying West Chicago's new, $15.5 million, 70,000-square-foot recreation center Saturday morning, Sam Aiuppa pledged to drop his membership at Lifetime Fitness. ...