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Healthy Lombard offers raffle tickets for riding bikes

By Jessica Cilella
Jul 09, 2015 1:00 am - Children can earn a raffle ticket for big prizes by riding their bikes Saturday morning in Healthy Lombard's first "Tour de Apple." Healthy Lombard founder Jay Wojc...
How young women can stay healthy in college

By Eileen O. Daday
Jul 07, 2015 7:00 am - Dr. M. Susan Scanlon has practiced obstetrics and gynecology for nearly 20 years in Arlington Heights and Hoffman Estates, treating everyone from adolescents and expecta...
Now that we can edit our genome, where do we go?

By Meeri Kim Special to The Washington Post
Jul 06, 2015 6:00 am - Every human genome contains the blueprints for building a person, a library of roughly 20,000 genes that encode everything from eye color to cancer risk. Imagine if tho...
Tackling the problem of childhood obesity

By Chad Hayes Special to The Washington Post
Jul 06, 2015 5:45 am - All right, parents, it's time for a change. Childhood obesity is a very real problem, and I've seen plenty of examples among my patients: a 4-year-old weighing 75 pounds...
Your health: Study says some sun may increase chances of getting pregnant

Jul 05, 2015 7:00 am - Sun may up chances of getting pregnant Soaking up the sun may increase the chances of getting pregnant by a third, according to new research. The Daily Mail reports...
A first: New guidelines back device for treating strokes

By Marilynn Marchione AP Chief Medical Writer
Jul 04, 2015 7:00 am - Many stroke patients have a new treatment option - if they seek help fast enough to get it. New guidelines endorse using a removable stent to open clogged arteries causi...
Study suggests fermented foods may reduce social anxiety

By Nancy Szokan The Washington Post
Jul 04, 2015 7:00 am - You know that coffee perks you up. And when you're sad, mac and cheese can make you feel better. But could miso soup or sauerkraut help you feel less tense at parties? Y...
Panel gives weak endorsement of new meningitis shots

By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer
Jul 04, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK - A federal panel recently gave a weak endorsement to two expensive meningitis shots, declining to recommend that all teens get the vaccine and leaving the deci...
Arch supports are usually enough to treat flat feet

By Dr. Anthony Komaroff
Jul 04, 2015 7:00 am - Q: At my son's 12-year well-child visit, his doctor said that he may have flexible flat feet. What does that mean? Is it something that needs to be treated? A: A person ...
Why bicyclists blow through red lights

By Peter Fenton Special To The Washington Post.
Jul 04, 2015 7:00 am - There are times when, as a cyclist, I blow through a red light. I've got momentum, I don't feel like stopping, I'm running late. I'm not alone. In America, about 865,00...

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