Health and Fitness
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Project emphasizes patient safety in hospitalsSep 10, 2012 6:09 am - WASHINGTON — Head of the hospital bed raised? Check. Patient’s teeth brushed? Check. Those simple but often overlooked steps can help protect some of the most criticall...
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Chest X-rays don’t detect all lung cancers, study saysSep 10, 2012 6:02 am - Chest X-rays fail to detect some types of lung cancers, according to a new study that further supports the use of computerized tomography scans as an alternative tool fo...
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Track marathon extreme even in running circlesSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — If misery could be measured in meters, surely the place to do it, with agonizing precision, was the outdoor track at Falls Church High School on a Saturday ...
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Younger docs embrace technology, teamworkSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - Don't call today's young doctors slackers. True, they may shun a 24/7 on-call solo practice and try to have a life outside of work. Yet they say they're just as committ...
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Exercise, no junk food the new lesson plans at schoolsSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - You’ve just been appointed Minister of Fitness and Nutrition and handed the near-impossible task of addressing the next generation’s obesity epidemic, its lax approach t...
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Your health: Helpful guidelines for eating outSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - Eating on the run With today’s hectic lifestyles, most of us end up eating out at least once a week, according to Harvard Medical School. Meals away from home make ...
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Tai chi plays role in recovery of two menSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - It was early August 2008, near the end of an hourlong class at Birchwood Park Recreation Center in Palatine, when Randy Visina, my tai chi instructor and a pillar of fit...
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Reducing your exposure to West Nile, hantavirus, plagueSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - The “bugs” of late summer are biting. The nation is having its worst West Nile virus season in a decade, and up to 10,000 people who stayed in California cabins are at r...
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Clearing blocked carotid artery can prevent bigger strokeSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - Q. I had a mild ischemic stroke. Now my doctor wants to do a carotid endarterectomy. Is this necessary? A. It might be necessary, but I don't know enough about your case...
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Cerebral palsy doesn’t stop son, mom from trainingSep 10, 2012 5:59 am - OLLALLA, Wash.— When Vickie Hoefer sets off on her daily three-mile neighborhood run, her son is keeping pace beside her. For most, the run wouldn’t be much of a challen...