Health and Fitness
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New method makes hip replacement easierApr 08, 2013 5:58 am - Over the past two decades, the number of Americans having total hip replacements has more than doubled, to more than 300,000 a year. Though most patients eventually walk...
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Brain scans find abnormalities in Gulf veteransApr 08, 2013 5:55 am - When she returned from the Persian Gulf War in 1991, Air Force nurse Denise Nichols experienced sudden aches, fatigue and cognitive problems, but she had no idea what wa...
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Home-schoolers get more sleep, study findsApr 08, 2013 5:24 am - A new study of a few thousand students found that home-schoolers get more sleep than students at traditional public and private schools. What are the consequences? It ma...
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Using Feldenkrais, simple movements ease muscle painApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - By the time people come to see Lisa Walker, they're usually desperate. These injured athletes, dancers, musicians or office workers are trying to fix what's broken. Some...
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Status report for the Fittest Loser contestantsApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - Karen Castillo, 37, Carpentersville Starting weight: 206 Current weight: 192 Weight lost this week: 2 pounds Total weight loss: 14 pounds, 6.7 percent Marianne ...
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Support network gives contestants' a boostApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - For weeks now we've been talking to the contestants about the Fittest Loser Challenge. We've heard about their love/hate relationship with a variety of foods, the stress...
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Brain scans may reveal early signs of schizophrenia at pubertyApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - Changes in brain function may foreshadow schizophrenia as early as puberty — nearly a decade before most patients begin showing obvious symptoms, new research from the U...
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Show of support 'both wonderful and humbling'Apr 08, 2013 5:00 am - If it takes a village to raise a child, then I'm pretty sure it takes a small city to lose weight and get fit. Or at least it certainly has in my case. Let me assure you...
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Teen drinking discussion:Apr 07, 2013 3:27 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 officials and the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse will host a talk called “Teen Drinking: Responsibility and Consequences.” The ...
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Infants move to new children's hospital in Hoffman EstatesApr 06, 2013 1:00 pm - Babies, babies, babies! Babies everywhere you looked! In hallways. In elevators. In rooms. In incubators. But mostly in the hearts of the parents and the nurses cautious...