Health and Fitness
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Hawks to honor Geneva boy battling cancerOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - Lawson Frank, a 13-year-old from Geneva who is battling a rare childhood cancer, will take part in the ceremonial puck drop Saturday night for the Chicago Blackhawks. Fr...
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Dieters, blame regaining weight on your hormonesOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Any dieter knows that it’s hard to keep off weight you’ve lost. Now a study finds that even a year after dieters shed a good chunk of weight quickly, their ho...
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Boys should get HPV vaccine too, panel saysOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - ATLANTA — The controversial HPV shot given to girls should also be given to boys, in part to help prevent the spread of the virus through sex, a government medical panel...
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Extreme shyness can be something moreOct 24, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Does your teen show normal nerves about the weekend party, or always stay home? Nearly half of teenagers say they're shy, perhaps a bit surprising in our sa...
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A new emphasis on cancer rehabOct 24, 2011 6:00 am - Last spring, at a seminar for survivors of head and neck cancer in Minneapolis, Mary Harder looked around the room with some dismay. Many people at nearby tables relied ...
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Poverty takes toll on health of poorOct 24, 2011 6:00 am - ATLANTA — Back in the 1990s, the federal government tried an unusual social experiment: It offered thousands of poor women in big-city public housing a chance to live in...
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Some treatments for fibroids allow for future pregnancyOct 24, 2011 6:00 am - Q. I am a 31-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with uterine fibroids. I would like to have children in the future, so I'm afraid that treating my fibroids ma...
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Medical schools teaching little about gay healthOct 24, 2011 6:00 am - Future doctors aren't learning much about the unique health needs of gays and lesbians, a survey of medical school deans suggests. On average, the schools devoted five ...
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Incidence of gout on the rise in AmericansOct 24, 2011 6:00 am - Mention gout, and some people conjure visions of Henry VIII hobbling around his castle with a turkey leg in one hand and a goblet of wine in the other. Gout long was con...
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Time to stand up and demand actionOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - With the end of 2011 coming in Springfield and the start of the 2012 legislative session, two things will still remain the same. Illinois will be last in the nation in p...