Health and Fitness
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Practicing tai chi may promote a longer lifeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - It is a well-known fact that exercise is beneficial for health, but can exercise help you live longer? Some preliminary research suggests that the practice of tai chi ma...
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Wounded troops benefit from surprising medical advancesSep 16, 2012 11:00 pm - BOSTON — Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. Around the country, t...
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Illness moves family members to exerciseSep 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Ken Hall took his mother to the hospital last year for complications from congestive heart failure and kidney issues. While there, she was diagnosed with diabetes, a dis...
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Round Lake-area District 116 health clinic plan drawing objectionsSep 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Opponents say taxpayers would be on hook; official say it would aid low-income families
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NYC bans big, sugary drinks at restaurantsSep 15, 2012 6:11 am - NEW YORK — New York City cracked down on the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks this week in what was celebrated as a groundbreaking attempt to curb obesit...
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Mixed grades for new, healthy school lunch rulesSep 15, 2012 6:11 am - ROTTERDAM, N.Y. — One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn’t filling. A third student ...
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Barrington bicyclist enjoys start of West Coast questSep 14, 2012 7:48 am - A week into his third Ride for 3 Reasons, 70-year-old Bob Lee of Barrington by Wednesday night had bicycled 305 miles of the 2,500 miles he plans to ride along North Ame...
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NYC bans big-soda salesSep 13, 2012 9:49 am - New York City will restrict sales of sugary soft drinks to no more than 16 ounces a cup in restaurants, movie theaters, stadiums and arenas after the Board of Health app...
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Holdsclaw shares her story of depressionSep 12, 2012 10:04 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee and WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw wants people suffering from depression to realize they’re not alone. Holdsclaw returned to her alma ...
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CDC reports incidents of tainted ricotta cheeseSep 12, 2012 5:15 pm - WASHINGTON — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ricotta cheese tainted with listeria bacteria is linked to 14 illnesses and at least one death. ...