Health and Fitness
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How maggots help in healing woundsDec 17, 2012 4:14 am - Yes, maggots are creepy, crawly, and slimy. But that slime is a remarkable healing balm, used by battlefield surgeons for centuries to close wounds. Now, researchers say...
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Physical therapy often effective in treating head tiltDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - He gave me a little grin with his head cocked to one side. Yes, it was an adorable introduction to this 9-month-old new patient, but when the head tilt persisted through...
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Study sees longer lives, more disabilitiesDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - The health of most of the planet's population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger proble...
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Your health: Shape up with DVDsDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - Press ‘play' to get fit “For a hot body, push Play,” advises the December issue of Shape magazine. While getting fit isn't quite that easy, the magazine test-drove...
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Black women step up efforts to battle obesityDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - WASHINGTON — Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after a bad breakup. All ...
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It doesn't pay to stay at work when you're sickDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - It's enough to make you sick — co-workers who cough, sneeze and hack their way through the day while you try to fend off the swarm of germs. With the arrival of the cold...
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Eli Lilly plans another study for Alzheimer’s drugDec 12, 2012 10:47 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug has flashed potential to help with mild cases of the disease, but patients and doctors will have to wait a few m...
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Vision loss increasing among AmericansDec 11, 2012 2:16 pm - The rate of non-refractive visual impairment jumped 21 percent in 2005-2008 from 1999-2002, according to research today in the Journal of the American Medical Associatio...
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How you can applyDec 10, 2012 5:07 am - Are you ready for a change? Is 2013 the year to turn your good intentions into reality? The Daily Herald and Push Fitness are teaming up to offer you a shot at making it...
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Your health: Training networks can helpDec 10, 2012 5:00 am - Social media training Faster. Stronger. Longer. This triumvirate of adjectives is the holy grail of running, and training plans abound to help runners seeking to im...