Health and Fitness
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Prevent osteoporosis with the right exercisesAug 27, 2012 6:00 am - Q. I've read that certain types of exercise help prevent osteoporosis. What types are best? How do they prevent bone loss? A. Osteoporosis is a disease that weak...
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New device being tested to relieve spinal stenosisAug 27, 2012 6:00 am - You’re over 50, and when you walk more than a short distance, you get pain or cramping in your legs and lower back. The pain subsides when you sit down. But, you notice ...
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No clear answers with mammograms and dense breastsAug 27, 2012 5:32 am - WASHINGTON — More women are getting the word that they may have breasts too dense for mammograms to give a good picture. What’s not so clear is what to make of that info...
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What counts as being too sick for school?Aug 27, 2012 5:30 am - The 3 a.m. call interrupted a deep sleep: “Mommy! I throwed up!” Once the cleanup was done and we had tucked our son back in his bed, it was time to assess the implicati...
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Alzheimer’s findings offer new direction on treatmentAug 27, 2012 5:25 am - In separate probes into the roots of Alzheimer’s, scientists have uncovered a rare gene mutation that keeps plaque from forming in the brain and found the disease may ta...
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Genetic testing identifies risks of Alzheimer’sAug 27, 2012 5:10 am - Alzheimer’s disease can’t be prevented or cured, and it ranks second only to cancer among diseases that people fear. Still, in an international study last year from the ...
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How about a cure for West Nile?Aug 26, 2012 4:40 am - I’m curious. Every year now we are alerted to the threat of West Nile virus both in humans and especially birds. Though the number is not large, I doubt if those who hav...
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Illinois delegates in a survey identify one priority for their candidates: Fix the economyAug 25, 2012 11:00 pm - As the economy has struggled, so have the suburbs. While the Chicago-area unemployment rate has dropped a full 2½ points since 2009, 8.8 percent of workers remain jobles...
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Northwest suburban mental health agencies say they’re hurt by state cutsAug 25, 2012 10:05 am - While the impact of state budget cuts on mental health clinics in Chicago and Tinley Park has received a lot attention, smaller, community-based services in the Northwes...
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Chinese turn to microblogs for donationsAug 25, 2012 8:17 am - BEIJING — Nine months after Ma Chunhua’s baby was born, bruises began appearing all over the daughter’s tiny frame. When doctors this spring diagnosed it as leukemia, Ma...