Health and Fitness
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'Adjustment period' a challenge for contestantsFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - The intrepid adventurers known as the 2011 Fittest Losers have been on their quest for three weeks, and they have lived to tell their initial tales. Five Daily Herald re...
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Gross earwax is actually a good thingFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - I hit a roadblock — not a concrete one, but it might as well have been. I was examining a cute little 20-month-old and just could not see her right eardrum. The culprit:...
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Rachael Ray: small steps key to child nutritionFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Though she lobbied Congress last year to boost the reimbursement rate for school lunches, food celebrity Rachael Ray said Saturday that improving sc...
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Tips for celebrating Mardi Gras with restraintFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS — The Carnival season is upon us from Shreveport to New Orleans and Lake Charles to Monroe, bringing almost two weeks packed with parties and parades. Do yo...
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Weight loss makes world of difference to college ball playerFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As a junior college center, Danielle Adams was unstoppable. She punished opponents inside, took Jefferson College to the JUCO national title ga...
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Causes, treatments for dry eyesFeb 27, 2011 1:00 am - Q. I am writing in response to the woman who complained of the watery eye. I suffered with bouts of watery eyes for a number of years. I first noticed it while visit...
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Heart-rate monitor keeps tabs on Wolves playersFeb 27, 2011 1:00 am - Drive through an open road toll with a negative balance on your I-PASS or with no I-PASS at all and you can be sure someone somewhere is going to find out and eventually...
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Nearly third of pregnant women not tested for gestational diabetesFeb 27, 2011 1:00 am - CLEARWATER, Fla. — Heather Winfield was eight months into her second pregnancy when she discovered that she had gestational diabetes, putting her and her developing baby...
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Past medical testing on humans revealedFeb 26, 2011 10:00 pm - ATLANTA — Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving...
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Flu still widespread, Cook County saysFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Health officials in suburban Cook County say flu levels are still high and they're advising residents without shots to get vaccinated. Flu season typically ends in May a...