Health and Fitness
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Northbrook hotel employee honored for life-saving roleApr 15, 2013 7:45 am - Prospect Heights Fire Chief Donald Gould Jr. made a surprise visit to the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook recently to meet with one of its managers, Robert Smith, to commend h...
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Jump right in — it will do you goodApr 15, 2013 6:20 am - By the time you’ve reached my age, your jumping days are pretty much over. Kids jump (and always appear to have a good time doing it). We adults use step-stools and ladd...
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Sealing artery supplying hunger hormone spurs weight lossApr 15, 2013 6:15 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Sealing off an artery that supplies blood to the portion of the stomach that produces the hunger-promoting hormone ghrelin reduced appetite and triggered w...
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Pluses, minuses to having robotic surgeryApr 15, 2013 6:03 am - Robotic surgery is being done more and more often for a variety of operations. But experts say there’s a lack of strong evidence it’s better than standard surgery in mos...
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Stress management, night guard help relieve bruxismApr 15, 2013 6:00 am - Q. My wife tells me I grind my teeth at night. Could this explain why I often wake up with a headache? A. Tooth grinding and clenching are symptomatic of a condi...
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New eating habits now on the menu for contestantsApr 15, 2013 6:00 am - After just two months, the Fittest Losers' former favorites ... pizza, pasta, pastries, sugary soft drinks and all kinds of junk food ... have been tossed aside in favor...
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Doctors use brain scans to 'see,' measure painApr 15, 2013 6:00 am - In a provocative new study, scientists have reported that they were able to “see” pain on brain scans and, for the first time, measure its intensity and tell whether a d...
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Making sense of overwhelming scentsApr 15, 2013 6:00 am - When it comes to fragrances, what's aromatically awesome to one person is absolutely awful to someone else. Scents can make many of us sick. Smelly differences of opinio...
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Baby doing fine 5 months after exit procedureApr 15, 2013 5:59 am - DENVER — Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn’t be alive today if doctors at Children’s Hospital of Colorado hadn’t operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born. Doctor...
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Your health: Try the carbsApr 15, 2013 5:57 am - Carbo load? Eating carbs with dinner might help you slim down, but don’t overdo it, says The Washington Post. One of the most pervasive diet tips may be getting tur...