Health and Fitness
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Fit family finds comfort in staying activeDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — For the holidays, your family probably sits around and eats. I know mine does. But the Weiss clan of suburban McLean, Va., has a different tradition. Every ...
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Setting goals helps in fulfilling those resolutionsDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - It may be hard to believe, but 2010 is coming to an end. For many, the new year brings new hope, new challenges and resolutions. If your resolution has anything to do wi...
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No-limit health rules have loopholesDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - When examining your health benefits for the new year, you'll probably notice that your plan has eliminated lifetime and most annual dollar limits on coverage. That was m...
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Your health: Mom knows bestDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - 20/20 veggie vision The largest study of its kind confirms advice your mother would like: women who exercised regularly, didn't smoke and ate a healthy diet were mu...
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A beef with meat: More kids decide to go vegetarianDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Both of my sons have been voracious carnivores from the get-go, devouring baby beef and chicken purees with gusto before graduating to gnawing spare ribs clean, inhaling...
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One-embryo transfers have better outcome in IVFDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Infertile women undergoing IVF are much more likely to end up with a healthy baby if they only have one embryo transferred during the procedure, according t...
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DNA test helps predict if scoliosis will progressDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - When 11-year-old Julia Deferville was diagnosed with abnormal spine curvature, her mom, Joyce, worried about her daughter's future. The Lake Villa parent feared Julia, w...
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Study shows need for kids' doctors in rural areasDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - There are enough children's doctors in the United States, they just work in the wrong places, a new study finds. Some wealthy areas are oversaturated with pediatricians ...
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Your health: No Christmas crunchesDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Holiday flabs or abs? If you're eating your fair share of cookies, cakes and who knows what other holiday treats this time of year, an ab workout without hundreds o...
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Even one cigarette causes damage, report warnsDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Think the occasional cigarette won't hurt? Even a bit of social smoking or inhaling someone else's secondhand smoke could be enough to block your arteries...