Health and Fitness
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Treatment offers new hope for a-fib patientsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Larry Martin, a salesman from Gibsonton, Fla., woke up one morning feeling dizzy and weak. He was 70 at the time, so he went to his doctor, who immediately called an amb...
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New treatment option with prostate cancer ultrasoundApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - High-intensity focused ultrasound may offer prostate cancer patients a treatment option with fewer side effects by targeting tumors better, according to a study publishe...
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Colposcopy is standard follow-up to abnormal pap smearApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Q. I had an abnormal Pap smear. Now my doctor wants me to have a colposcopy. What can I expect during this procedure? A. Pap smears help determine if you might h...
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Fit contestants now have a new perspectiveApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - When the Fittest Loser Challenge began 12 weeks ago, the six contestants were eager to lose weight and improve their health. Now that it's almost over they can all say t...
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Drug-overdose antidotes saving lives, raising issuesApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Steve Wohlen lay on his front lawn, blue, unconscious and barely breathing, overdosing on heroin. His mother ran outside, frantically assemblin...
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Does giving antibiotics to animals harm humans?Apr 30, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The bacon you had for breakfast is at the center of a 35-year debate over antibiotics. That's because the same lifesaving drugs that are prescribed to treat...
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Most sudden infant deaths preventable, studies showApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — No matter whether they classify them as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, suffocation or unexplained, investigators are increasingly convinced that most of abou...
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She’s learned her fitness lessons wellApr 30, 2012 5:58 am - I’ve been eating on the run for the past week, mostly at the hospital where my mother had knee-replacement surgery. When the week started I thought, “Well, it won’t look...
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Hoffman Estates walk fights child abuseApr 29, 2012 4:23 pm - A 3K walk 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, will benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center of Northwest Cook County, which works to enhance the quality of life for more than 600 ...
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Lincolnshire MS patient aims to walk againApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Using his one workable arm to maneuver his battery-operated wheelchair to the shelf holding photos of him triumphantly sprinting across finish lines at marathons and tri...