Health and Fitness
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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...
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Local Relay For Life needs volunteersFeb 23, 2011 10:00 pm - The American Cancer Society Relay For Life brings communities to celebrate cancer survivors, remember those lost to cancer and to fight back against cancer. Friends, re...
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Legacy Corps members needed for respite servicesFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - St. Matthew Center for Health, a program of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, is currently recruiting Legacy Corps members to provide free respite services to family...
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Court rules against parents in vaccine caseFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court closed the courthouse door Tuesday to parents who want to sue drug makers over claims that their children developed autism and other seri...