Health and Fitness
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Advocate for Down syndrome community diesDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Linda Picchi was an advocate for the Down syndrome community, who inspired parents, educators and health care professionals alike about their unlimited capabilities. Mrs...
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Court: FDA can regulate e-cigs as tobacco productsDec 06, 2010 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court says electronic cigarettes should be regulated as tobacco products by the Food and Drug Administration rather than as drug-delive...
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Health program geared to Latino communityDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights is offering a free health education program called “Promotoras de Salud” to reach out to the Latino community with impo...
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Your health: Burn calories by hanging decosDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Body basics You can work up a sweat hanging up Christmas decorations and burn nearly 300 calories for every 30 minutes you spend climbing up and down a ladder. And ...
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Rear-facing car seat offers extra protection for toddlersDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - With a succession of five active 1-year-olds in for their physicals one fine fall morning, I had plenty of opportunity for entertainment. I also had plenty of time to di...
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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...