Health and Fitness
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Be on lookout for ticks, Lyme disease symptomsMay 07, 2012 6:00 am - Fevers are not that unusual in elementary schoolchildren and, in fact, nothing worrisome was turning up as the physician examined the 7-year-old. After a negative strep ...
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Straighten up to stay strong, avoid painMay 07, 2012 5:56 am - Stand tall. Pull those shoulders back. Stop slouching. They are reminders often spoken by mothers. Good posture and balance begin in our younger years and can be nurture...
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Possible link between dental X-rays, brain tumorMay 07, 2012 5:55 am - A study published in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer has reported a link between certain kinds of dental X-rays and the most common brain tumor, one that is a...
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Cholesterol levels continue to drop in U.S.May 07, 2012 5:36 am - ATLANTA — U.S. health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. adults have high total cholesterol. That may seem incredible in a nation where two-thirds of adults are overw...
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Budget cuts taking life out of CenterMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - In the last two years the Center of Concern has endured a 20 percent reduction in city funding. Last year we were granted $49,500 and although that appears to be a small...
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Boeger Place should move forward nowMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - News flash: Persons struggling with mental illness can recover! It is unimaginable, but undeniably true, that there are those in our community and neighborhoods, particu...
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Moral obligation to OK Boeger PlaceMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - At last night’s “Good Neighbors Campaign” rally, I was asked to deliver a brief talk about “Why We Need This,” meaning the permanent, supportive housing on Boeger Drive ...
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New efforts to reduce world's premature babiesMay 07, 2012 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - About 15 million premature babies are born every year - more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously believed, according to ...
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Vogue bans too-skinny models from its pagesMay 06, 2012 6:57 am - NEW YORK — Vogue magazine, perhaps the world’s top arbiter of style, is making a statement about its own models: too thin is no longer in. The 19 editors of Vo...
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Once homeless, man is on his own with the right helpMay 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Jobless, divorced, alone, sick, heavily medicated and with a history of homelessness, strokes, mental illness and suicide attempts, lifelong suburbanite Chris Hradisky w...