Health and Fitness
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Hoffman Estates gets kudos for ‘Let’s Move!’Aug 19, 2013 12:19 pm - The National League of Cities has recognized Hoffman Estates for its recent completion of key health and wellness goals for Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties, a maj...
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Seniors struggle to cope with pain, depressionAug 19, 2013 6:00 am - A year ago, Bernard Belisle was in a bad way. Pain throbbed in his legs all day, every day, and he was angry and irritable much of the time. Then, he enrolled in a novel...
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Your Health: Dangers of too much sugarAug 19, 2013 6:00 am - Toxic sugar? A sugar rush could be dangerous to more than your waistline, according to a new study from the University of Utah. Researchers found that male mice fed...
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High-risk smokers urged to get imaging scansAug 19, 2013 6:00 am - Ten million high-risk smokers aged 55 and older should get imaging scans each year to detect lung cancer when it is small and can be treated, according to new recommenda...
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Functional training can add impact, challenge to your workoutAug 19, 2013 6:00 am - Is your current exercise routine specific to your needs? Are the exercises helping or hindering you? Are you getting results? These are all questions worth asking yourse...
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3-D biopsies offer new hope in fight against breast cancerAug 19, 2013 5:56 am - Some women tested for breast cancer now have a faster screening option that eventually could supplant older screening techniques across the country. In June, Magee-Women...
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SteelBells expand workout repertoireAug 19, 2013 5:54 am - WASHINGTON — Funny thing about the TRX/Kettlebell Boot Camp classes held 12 times a week at Washington’s Reformation Fitness: They don’t use a single kettlebell. Instead...
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Memory lapse may be early warning for Alzheimer’sAug 19, 2013 5:53 am - Doctors who tell their aging patients not to fret about memory lapses may be doing them a disservice, according to new studies that suggest they may be the earliest disc...
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Prevent kidney stones with diet and lifestyle changesAug 19, 2013 5:50 am - Q. I recently passed a kidney stone — and I would do anything to prevent another one from forming. Can kidney stones be prevented? A. I’ve never had a kidney stone mysel...
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2 stem cell patients stop HIV drugs, no virus seenAug 19, 2013 5:48 am - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Two HIV-positive patients in the United States who underwent bone marrow transplants for cancer have stopped antiretroviral therapy and still sh...