Health and Fitness
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Fittest Loser contest helps us move the needleMay 18, 2014 5:01 am - That was an eye-catching lead staff writer Jessica Cilella wrote about the South Elgin man who won our Fittest Loser contest. John Bohanek, she noted, "regularly fell vi...
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CDC: Measles outbreak at highest level since 1996May 17, 2014 5:45 am - Measles has infected 129 people in 13 states so far this year, the most in the first four months of any year since 1996, officials from the Centers for Disease Control a...
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Doctors say you're never too old to exerciseMay 17, 2014 5:30 am - MILWAUKEE - The fitness instructor is about to start pushups, but first she has to move her walker out of the way. The exercisers at this suburban apartment complex ar...
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Doctors save man at Portland Heart WalkMay 17, 2014 1:01 am - PORTLAND, Ore. - Cardiologists taking part in the American Heart Association's annual Portland Heart and Stroke Walk saved a fellow participant who went into cardiac arr...
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States move to expand access to experimental drugsMay 17, 2014 1:01 am - DENVER - Nick Auden didn't live to see the legislation, but the case of the Denver melanoma patient who died while seeking access to an experimental drug helped inspire ...
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Pfizer seeks early approval for breast cancer drugMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - TRENTON, N.J. - Pfizer Inc. said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration will let the drugmaker apply for approval of its heavily touted experimental breast cancer ...
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Study: Political TV ads on health law total $445 millionMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - CHICAGO - A new analysis finds the nation's health care overhaul deserves a place in advertising history as the focus of extraordinarily high spending on negative politi...
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Top VA health official resigns under fireMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The top official for the health care of veterans resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at veterans hospitals. ...
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Fittest Loser winner to be announced tonight in ItascaMay 15, 2014 5:30 am - After three months of hard work, the Daily Herald's five Fittest Loser Challenge contestants get to show off their slimmed-down and toned-up physiques tonight before fin...
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Study: Antidepressant may slow Alzheimer'sMay 15, 2014 5:01 am - WASHINGTON - Research shows a common antidepressant may cut production of one of the chief suspects behind Alzheimer's, a new avenue in the hunt for drugs to prevent the...