Health and Fitness
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Your health: That's what we look like?Oct 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Your body in detail Don't get all self-conscious, but your body is strange-looking. At least it is at a microscopic level, says The Washington Post. In his new book...
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Injured woman fights to regain lifeOct 23, 2011 5:00 am - METAMORA, Ill. — Mary Crawford of Metamora last slept in her own bed on July 14, the same night she kissed goodbye her youngest daughter, 25-year-old Megan, and watched ...
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Mexico tackles epidemic of childhood obesityOct 23, 2011 5:00 am - MEXICO CITY — Anghella Torres is just 4 years old, but already she weighs 66 pounds — twice what she should. Because of her excess girth, her little feet constantly hurt...
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Suburban families cope with fetal alchohol syndromeOct 23, 2011 12:00 am - Five-year-old Sasha Wagner wants to be a “hunter of wolves” for Halloween. And she will ride on the wolves' backs. Unless she's a lion instead. The words spill out rapid...
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PCD patients suffer from abnormal airway ciliaOct 22, 2011 11:00 pm - He was only 2 years old, but the little boy had already experienced more than his share of ear and sinus infections and had even coughed and wheezed his way through seve...
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Study predicts skyrocketing costs for veteran careOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - With troops returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the cost of medical care for veterans is expected to skyrocket in coming years. A study released Wednesday suggests...
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Study: More Facebook friends means more brainsOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — People who have more Facebook friends have more gray matter in their brains, a finding that may spur further research on the relationship between social network...
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Doctor data back online in IllinoisOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - Consumers can now check up on thousands of doctors and chiropractors in Illinois, including accessing information about malpractice cases, thanks to a public database th...
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Vote for your favorite Pink Glove Dance by Oct. 21Oct 18, 2011 12:00 am - From doctors and nurses to hospital administrators and housekeeping staff, hundreds of health care professionals from nine Illinois hospitals and nursing homes are now s...
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D95 parents get new drug-testing surveyOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - Invitations to complete a much-anticipated survey about random drug testing were sent to Lake Zurich Unit District 95 parents Monday. The survey, the second on the subje...