Health and Fitness
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Kids' brains reorganize as math is masteredAug 25, 2014 5:45 am - WASHINGTON — Sometime in elementary school, you quit counting your fingers and just know the answer. Now scientists have put youngsters into brain scanners to find out w...
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Are you a 'work martyr'?Aug 25, 2014 5:45 am - Never take vacation? Dread the pile up of work if you do? Feel no one can do your job if you leave? That you're indispensable? Or worse, do you worry that if you take a ...
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Girl who used periwinkle to best leukemia blossoms into comicAug 24, 2014 7:30 am - In 1998, 8-year-old Lisa Mongillo of Arlington Heights took a Make-A-Wish trip to Hawaii to see the periwinkle flower used to make one of the leukemia drugs doctors hoped would save her life. Now, she's a comedian in a two-woman show and works for a charity that helps kids.
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Niche, mainstream sellers carry kale into beautyAug 23, 2014 6:15 am - NEW YORK - Kale has crept out of salads and juicers into beauty products from niche and mainstream sellers. The leafy superfood that many love and others love to hate ca...
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White House unveils new birth control fixes for religious groupsAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Seeking to quell a politically charged controversy, the Obama administration announced new measures Friday to allow religious nonprofits and some companies ...
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Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital begins $378 million projectAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - A dramatic change at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital officially began Friday with the ceremonial groundbreaking for a $378 million expansion. Years in the pla...
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New Ebola victims don't follow profileAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - ABUJA, Nigeria - Two alarming new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria, widening the circle of people sickened beyond the immediate group of caregivers who treated a d...
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Young Hearts for Life: How screenings may help save our childrenAug 21, 2014 1:01 am - Kathryn Bender couldn't know it, but her death may have saved Christopher Storm's life. Kathryn, a high school actress and dancer, collapsed and died unexpectedly before...
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Health care at college: Can your teen manage?Aug 19, 2014 5:45 am - Lauren Davies had a desperate thought while stuck in traffic as she frantically drove upstate to reach her 19-year-old. "If I drive on the shoulder and a cop stops me, w...
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Where does Chicago rank in sleep deprived cities?Aug 19, 2014 1:01 am - Feeling tired this week? It might be more than your imagination. People who live in metropolitan areas like Chicago, on average, get less sleep, according to new statis...