Health and Fitness
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Mental technique takes relaxed approach to stressJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio — In what's become a daily ritual, Tim Ryan finds a quiet spot, closes his eyes, clears his mind and tries to tap into the eternal calm. In Ryan's world, ...
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Probiotics may help offset drug-associated diarrheaJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - Bacteria-killing antibiotics have proved to be a friend to mankind, saving countless millions of people worldwide. However, not all bacteria are pathogenic and antibioti...
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Conditioning program gets kids in gearJul 09, 2012 5:08 am - Even wearing just a pair of orange shorts and orange sneakers, Josh Levy was dripping sweat through his dirty blond curls as he struggled to do another rep. “Go, Josh!” ...
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Questions raised on 9/11 exposure, cancerJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Call it compassionate, even political. But ... scientific? Several experts say there's no hard evidence to support the federal government's declaration that 5...
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Gene therapy against nicotine may help smokers quitJul 09, 2012 4:58 am - An experimental vaccine against nicotine, delivered using gene therapy, prevents the substance from reaching the brain and may make quitting easier for smokers, a study ...
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Lake County Family YMCA Hosts Free Health Screenings in AugustJul 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Rosalind Franklin University Health System's mobile health unit, Community Care Connection, has scheduled stops at both Lake County Family YMCA branches in August. Blood...
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How dangerous is home birth?Jul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - So far this year women have learned that we can't have it all: We can't breast-feed past infancy without some idiot calling it pedophilia; we can't work a top political ...
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St. Charles woman uses proton therapy to beat tumorJul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Heaven Alcorn's father died in 2008 from stomach cancer. So when her gynecologist discovered a tumor the size of a cantaloupe in her abdomen three years later, fear wash...
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Why is broccoli America’s most despised vegetable?Jul 07, 2012 7:11 am - There’s a 1928 New Yorker cartoon in which a chic-looking mother sits at a dinner table with her young daughter and urges to eat what’s on her plate: “It’s broccoli, dea...
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Seniors: Swallow your pride, ask for help to manage heatJul 05, 2012 11:40 am - No doubt senior citizens are among the most vulnerable to the intense heat. But some experts say the extreme nature of the current heat wave may actually be helping to j...