Health and Fitness
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Poll Vault: What do you take for a cold?Mar 07, 2013 11:01 pm - The sounds of coughs, sniffles and sneezes permeate the Daily Herald newsroom, as I suspect they do in your workplace. Seems like most people are suffering from or just ...
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Cash can bribe dieters to lose weightMar 07, 2013 6:00 pm - Willpower apparently can be bought. The chance to win or lose $20 a month enticed dieters in a yearlong study to drop an average of 9 pounds — four times more weight tha...
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Medical society reacts to likely license fee increaseMar 07, 2013 4:29 pm - The Illinois State Medical Society has deemed as “bittersweet” the increase in doctors’ license fees that the General Assembly has approved. The Illinois House took the...
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Arlington Hts.-based Senior ride service celebrates milestoneMar 06, 2013 12:48 pm - Escorted Transportation Service/Northwest provided its 15,000th ride March 4, all by volunteer drivers. “We are so excited about this significant milestone for ETS/NW,” ...
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Spring dodgeball tourney on tap in SchaumburgMar 05, 2013 11:13 am - The National Amateur Dodgeball Association and dodgeball enthusiasts will take over the Sport Center, 1141 W. Irving Park Road, this spring. Teams in youth and adult div...
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Wheaton woman triumphs over disabling hearing lossMar 05, 2013 4:00 am - YouTube More than 365 million people in the world suffer from disabling hearing loss, according to the World Health Organization. While one out of every three people old...
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Study shows declining life span for some US womenMar 04, 2013 7:00 pm - NEW YORK — A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain. The l...
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Take it slow and build stamina when returning to exerciseMar 04, 2013 5:15 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kurt Ott remembers his glory days. Single and in shape, he could work out whenever and wherever he wanted to. Hop on an airplane and fly to Austra...
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Study finds role of genetics in autismMar 04, 2013 5:07 am - In families that have children with autism, nearly half the risk of getting the brain disorder comes from inheriting an accumulation of common genetic variations from th...
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Dead lifts can be a total body workout, if done correctlyMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - When it comes to getting the most bang for your buck, there aren't too many exercises that can beat the dead lift. This total body exercise demands strength, power, car...