Health and Fitness
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Health care website frustrates Spanish speakersJan 12, 2014 9:12 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — People around the nation who are trying to navigate the Spanish version of the federal health care website have discovered their own set of difficult...
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Workout Wear Friday? No sweat, boss!Jan 12, 2014 4:45 am - There’s dressing for success. There’s dressing for the gym. And then there’s Dress Pant Yoga Pants. The $88 trousers with belt loops, faux pockets and sun-salutation-rea...
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Read this if you want to be happy in 2014Jan 12, 2014 4:30 am - I have no expertise whatsoever on the topic of happiness. But I do have a knack for observation and simplification. That’s what I do for my day job as the creator of Dil...
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Elderly care increasingly focused on homesJan 12, 2014 4:30 am - WASHINGTON — For 60 years, Bobbie Jones, 88, had lived in the same District of Columbia row house where she raised four children — including one born in an upstairs bedr...
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N.Y. governor takes careful step on medical marijuanaJan 11, 2014 1:54 pm - NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a political splash by introducing a medical marijuana plan in the State of the State speech, but his cautious approach has been met wit...
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3 fatal suburban fires show precautions the disabled, immobile must takeJan 11, 2014 7:00 am - It’s a tragic story that has replayed at least three times across the suburbs in recent months. House fire strikes. Firefighters arrive. But residents who use wheelchair...
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ADHD: Adults can have the disorder, tooJan 11, 2014 4:45 am - Chris Ecarius had so much difficulty filling out his Social Security application online that the 62-year-old went to a doctor to find out why his brain didn't seem to wo...
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Making raped teens relive trauma works, study saysJan 11, 2014 4:45 am - CHICAGO — It almost sounds sadistic — making rape victims as young as 13 relive their harrowing assault over and over again. But a new study shows it works surprisingly ...
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3 more health insurers extend payment deadlinesJan 10, 2014 3:48 pm - Giving Illinois customers more leeway, three more health insurance carriers extended payment deadlines Friday for people who signed up in the December rush for coverage ...
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GOP House targets health care law; 67 Dems join inJan 10, 2014 2:59 pm - WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House voted overwhelmingly Friday to bolt new security requirements onto President Barack Obama’s health care law, with 67 Democrats brea...