Health and Fitness
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Centeredbeing: Easing the stress one stretch at a timeSep 24, 2012 6:00 am - My new office habit: When I’m feeling overwhelmed, I get as floppy as possible in my chair. With my chest resting on my thighs, my hair brushing the tops of my feet and ...
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Your Health: Texts offer baby adviceSep 24, 2012 6:00 am - Text, baby, text Text4baby, text4baby.com, is a service, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, that sends ad-free texts to moms and moms-to-be. The messages cover topics ...
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Seeing over-the-counter reading glasses in a new lightSep 24, 2012 5:54 am - Presbyopia. Almost of us will experience it. The onset of what’s called presbyopia is what dictates the need for reading glasses — something most men and women approachi...
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Romney’s plan for Medicare: Important details still in fluxSep 24, 2012 5:26 am - WASHINGTON — Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the bigges...
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Communication is key for special needs residentsSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - After meeting with the director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Illinois Department of Human Services about special needs issues, an important topic...
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Answers about Medicare from the Obama campaignSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — He’ll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you’ll pay higher premiums under...
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Struggling with early onset Alzheimer'sSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - STUART, Fla. — Linda Sinotte was 52 when she started acting different. She couldn't concentrate long enough to finish projects as a certified interpreter for the deaf. S...
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Former Planned Parenthood worker from Libertyville tells anti-abortion journeySep 23, 2012 1:27 pm - Planned Parenthood employees and anti-abortion activists share at least one thing: Compassion, said Linda Couri, a former counselor for the health organization who spoke...
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Giuliana Rancic: Motherhood brings tears of joySep 23, 2012 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Giuliana Rancic may be known as a trendsetting red carpet regular, but it's the unglamorous side of new motherhood that's got her smiling from ear to ear. “I...
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‘Hoop Dreams’ director takes on concussion issueSep 22, 2012 8:00 am - The North Side Raiders look like little men as they take the field for their Pee Wee football game in the opening scene of “Head Games,” their shoulder pads and helmets ...