Health and Fitness
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Strep bacteria can cause a variety of symptomsJan 13, 2014 4:30 am - The three siblings would have made a nice pediatric teaching case, but no medical students were in the office that busy winter afternoon. The little girl came in first ...
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Your health: Quitting alcohol for a month shows health benefitsJan 13, 2014 4:30 am - ‘Janopause' Swearing off the booze after the excesses of the festive season has become almost as much of a tradition as taking down the Christmas decorations, repo...
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Leukemia foundation sponsors kids’ party in AddisonJan 12, 2014 12:53 pm - For many of the roughly 50 kids who partied Sunday afternoon at Dave & Buster’s in Addison, it’s not unusual to spend a lot of time visiting doctors or undergoing chemot...
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Tricks a real treat in St. CharlesJan 12, 2014 12:11 pm - There were plenty of illusions and trickery onstage Sunday at the Arcada Theatre, but the emotion was 100 percent genuine. The third annual Believe in Magic event, a fun...
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Health care website frustrates Spanish speakersJan 12, 2014 9:12 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — People around the nation who are trying to navigate the Spanish version of the federal health care website have discovered their own set of difficult...
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Workout Wear Friday? No sweat, boss!Jan 12, 2014 4:45 am - There’s dressing for success. There’s dressing for the gym. And then there’s Dress Pant Yoga Pants. The $88 trousers with belt loops, faux pockets and sun-salutation-rea...
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Read this if you want to be happy in 2014Jan 12, 2014 4:30 am - I have no expertise whatsoever on the topic of happiness. But I do have a knack for observation and simplification. That’s what I do for my day job as the creator of Dil...
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Elderly care increasingly focused on homesJan 12, 2014 4:30 am - WASHINGTON — For 60 years, Bobbie Jones, 88, had lived in the same District of Columbia row house where she raised four children — including one born in an upstairs bedr...
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N.Y. governor takes careful step on medical marijuanaJan 11, 2014 1:54 pm - NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a political splash by introducing a medical marijuana plan in the State of the State speech, but his cautious approach has been met wit...
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3 fatal suburban fires show precautions the disabled, immobile must takeJan 11, 2014 7:00 am - It’s a tragic story that has replayed at least three times across the suburbs in recent months. House fire strikes. Firefighters arrive. But residents who use wheelchair...