Health and Fitness
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Vitamin E may slow Alzheimer’s disease progressionDec 31, 2013 5:51 pm - Researchers say vitamin E might slow the progression of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease — the first time any treatment has been shown to alter the course of dementi...
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Kirk, 11-year-old inspire fellow stroke victimsDec 31, 2013 4:59 pm - OAKWOOD, Ill. — Jackson Cunningham lurches across the gym during a recess game, racing a fellow sixth-grader toward a doorstop tossed onto the floor. His right side is o...
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Is creativity destined to fade with age?Dec 31, 2013 5:00 am - Doris Lessing, the freewheeling Nobel Prize-winning writer on racism, colonialism, feminism and communism who died recently at age 94, was prolific for most of her life....
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Mentally ill and their backers fill Vt. orchestraDec 31, 2013 4:45 am - SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ronald Braunstein’s career as a musical conductor got off to a brilliant start. He attended The Juilliard School, performed as a guest with top o...
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Ballerina sidelined by diabetes finds a new home on stageDec 31, 2013 4:30 am - The last night that she performed as a professional ballerina, Katelyn Prominski danced “Swan Lake” with a staph infection. A corn on her right foot had become infected,...
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Thousands in suburbs now have health insurance, but some decide to waitDec 31, 2013 4:00 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the $10,000 is the total deductible, not a After two stressful years without health insurance, Arlington Heig...
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Why your toddler won’t sleep: Body clock may be to blameDec 30, 2013 4:08 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — “Just one more story, please?” “I need a glass of water.” “Mom, I can’t sleep!” When youngsters continually struggle to fall asleep at night, new resea...
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If you get invited to a chickenpox party, declineDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - COLD SPRING, N.Y. — A few weeks ago, I stumbled across the Facebook group “Chickenpox Parties — New York Metro Area.” It has 143 members, all of whom, I'm guessing, are ...
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The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind SloveniaDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than people in other countries. Not anymore: A new report out from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve...
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How to tame an out-of-control kidDec 30, 2013 4:45 am - Edith, a retired Capitol Hill staffer from Washington, was at the end of her rope last year over the mayhem her 5-year-old great-grandson Wayne was causing at preschool....