Health and Fitness
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Cancers need new name, researchers argueAug 05, 2013 6:00 am - Low-risk growths in the breast, prostate and elsewhere should no longer be named cancer and screening efforts to spot them should be cut back, a panel convened by the U....
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Start your day with a healthy mealAug 05, 2013 6:00 am - We've all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It seems like such a logical concept — wake up, feed your body and get on with your day. But many p...
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Female hiker holds Appalachian Trail recordAug 05, 2013 5:56 am - Think you’ve had a busy summer? You won’t after you meet 30-year old Jennifer Pharr Davis. In June and July of 2011, she hiked all 2,181 miles of the Appalachian Trail i...
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There are ways to avoid shrinking with ageAug 05, 2013 5:48 am - As we age, we get shorter. Starting about age 40, we lose about four-tenths of an inch in height each decade. By age 70, men lose, on average, about an inch and a half i...
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Bacteria in brains suggests oral hygiene plays role in Alzheimer’sAug 05, 2013 5:01 am - Bacteria linked to gum disease traveled to the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that dental hygiene plays a role in the development of the memory-ro...
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Immediate treatment crucial with ischemic strokeAug 05, 2013 5:00 am - Q. My father recently had an ischemic stroke. He was treated with tPA and has now fully recovered. What is tPA? And how does it work? A. The most common kind of stroke i...
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Implementing medical marijuana law will take timeAug 04, 2013 11:00 am - Illinois has become the 20th state to legalize medical marijuana with some of the strictest standards in the nation. But the proposal will take many months to set into m...
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New Naperville gym for overweight exercisers onlyAug 04, 2013 8:00 am - Diane Reiter of Aurora noticed two types of people every time she started a membership at a gym — and she was neither. There were those who needed to lose only 10 or 15 ...
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Five dead after Legionnaires' outbreak at Ohio retirement centerAug 03, 2013 3:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Health officials say Ohio's largest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has killed five people and sickened 39 others at a retirement community since July...
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Once rare stomach illness becoming more widespreadAug 03, 2013 2:06 pm - WASHINGTON — Donna Heller thought she had cancer. But multiple visits to the doctor after a month with debilitating nausea and diarrhea didn’t yield any answers. Convinc...