Health and Fitness
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Health briefs: Crisis counseling in Lake Co.Feb 21, 2011 12:00 am - Ÿ The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center offers walk-in and telephone crisis counseling and referrals for Lake County residents experiencing emoti...
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Time to see energy drinks for what they areFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - I don't know if you've noticed, but the world of nutrition writing and advocacy can get awfully shrill sometimes. I generally try to keep shrillness in check, but it's e...
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Study finds many graphic YouTube self-harm videosFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — YouTube videos on cutting and other self-injury methods are an alarming new trend, attract millions of hits and could serve as a how-to for troubled viewers, a...
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There are risks to cataract surgeryFeb 20, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. I've been seeing an optometrist for several years now, and even though he says I don't need a new prescription and he has diagnosed me with the beginning of catar...
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Second phase of workout builds on fundamentalsFeb 20, 2011 10:00 pm - This month's workout builds on the baseline exercises you performed last month. Those fundamental movements were very important because many of the exercises we recommen...
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Brain pacemakers may zap psychiatric diseaseFeb 20, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Call them brain pacemakers, tiny implants that hold promise for fighting tough psychiatric diseases — if scientists can figure out just where in all that g...
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Fitness trainers will push contestants to their limitFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - For three months, five Daily Herald readers are putting their physical well-being into the hands of trainers at Push Fitness, a Schaumburg training facility. The five Fi...
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Tapping into the healing potential of bio-energyFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - A recent medical review examined the research behind bio-energy healing therapies like Reiki, healing touch, qigong and others. What was discovered is that there is reas...
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Grayslake's Woodview School using Wii in PE classesFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Video fitness games are being used in Grayslake Elementary District 46 as a way to get children more engaged in physical education classes. At a meeting Wednesday night...
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Your health: Women and stressFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Relax for your heart Researchers have uncovered strong links between women's job stress and cardiovascular disease, according to Harvard Medical School. Findings f...