Health and Fitness
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Fittest loser winner still committed to staying fitDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - The best thing that ever happened to Jan Vitullo is still happening. Vitullo, who turned 51 last Wednesday, was the winner of the 2010 Fittest Loser contest sponsored by...
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Enter to be a Fittest LoserDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Are you looking to find your thinner inner self in the new year? We'd like to give you the best shot at making it happen. The Daily Herald and Niche Publications are off...
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Is it time to give salt the shake?Dec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - How much is 1,500 mg of sodium? If a federal advisory committee has its way, it will be the recommended daily amount adults should consume, down from 2,300, when the Die...
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Cash incentives make an impact on behaviorDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Take two of our most common obsessions getting rich and getting thin add a healthy dose of competition, and you get “The Biggest Loser,” the NBC reality show that pays...
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Child's vomiting worries parentsDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My healthy and smart 8-year-old daughter vomits in restaurants. When she was 3, she had a spell of vomiting over the course of a couple of weeks that we could not...
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Senate passes bill to boost food safetyNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad ne...
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Empire Beauty School offers free visits to cancer victimsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Cancer survivors are invited to their local Empire Beauty School Tuesday, Dec. 7, for a day of complimentary pampering as a part of the school's participation in Cancer ...
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Probiotics may have some benefits for kidsNov 28, 2010 11:00 pm - A leading medical group says there's some evidence that probiotics, or "good" bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children. But the group says t...
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Scientists trick cells into switching identitiesNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Suppose you could repair tissue damaged by a heart attack by magically turning other cells into heart muscle, so the organ could pump effectively again. Scie...
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Bedwetting can have many causesNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. In a recent article about a 12-year-old boy wetting the bed, you addressed the physical reasons but failed to pick up on other issues. Although you did mention se...