Health and Fitness
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User-friendly health plan summaries at riskJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Consumer groups are scrambling to salvage a popular provision of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that suddenly seems to be in question. This ...
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Wrapped in 'comfort quilt,' family gives life to memoriesJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - With their dad sick from kidney cancer and nobody able to do anything to stop it, 9-year-old Adelaide Riedesel and her twin brother, Harrison, poured themselves into a l...
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What we can learn from Kirk’s strokeJan 25, 2012 4:00 am - Doctors had good news Tuesday for friends, family and constituents of Sen. Mark Kirk, saying he is able to talk and is breathing on his own after suffering a stroke on t...
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Indiana Senate panel backs limits on abortion pillJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday approved a proposal to tighten laws on how women can receive the so-called abortion pill even though doctors test...
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Number of abortions drops in IllinoisJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - The number of abortions reported in Illinois reached a 37-year low in 2010, according to state health officials, but the reason for the drop is unclear. There were 41,85...
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Stretching helps prepare body for workoutsJan 23, 2012 5:00 am - Performing dynamic stretching before your strength-training workout is a great way to prepare your body for the upcoming workload. Dynamic stretching utilizes natural m...
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More reasons to get kids playing outsideJan 23, 2012 5:00 am - “Go outside and play” may be a parental refrain heard more often during school holidays, but it's also proving to be a prescription for better health on a number of fron...
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Outfit yourself properly for cold-weather workoutJan 23, 2012 5:00 am - This is it. This is the year you finally get in shape, shed those pounds or meet that fitness pledge you made at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31. But do you have to build the new ...
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Eating raw fruits, veggies a healthy ideaJan 23, 2012 5:00 am - It is common knowledge that eating fresh fruits and vegetables is healthy. Some have promoted that raw fruits and vegetables are better for your health than processed or...
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Keep working out despite colder weatherJan 23, 2012 5:00 am - Although we've had a bit of a cold-weather reprieve this year, there's nothing like rapidly plunging temperatures to encourage hibernation at all costs. But if you want ...