Health and Fitness
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Decades after 'Jumbo Janet,' 63-year-old drops 170 poundsJan 25, 2015 6:37 am - That childhood moment when Jan Wilke realized she was a fat girl remains painful enough to rekindle the 63-year-old Grayslake grandmother's tears. Just a kid having fun,...
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She thought she was a savvy doc; but then she went into laborJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - I had been at the hospital for two days in induced labor, unable to get out of bed or eat, tethered to a labor-inducing oxytocin drip. The doctors started to talk about ...
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Study: Fewer struggle with medical costs as coverage growsJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Not only do more Americans have health insurance, but the number struggling with medical costs has dropped since President Barack Obama's health care law ex...
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Doctor tries truck-stop medicine to keep family practice aliveJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - RAPHINE, Va. — The massive truck stops just off I-81 here offer diesel, hot coffee and “the best dang BBQ in Virginia.” There's something else, too: a small-town doctor ...
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Zambia's 10 million bats may hold clue to EbolaJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia — At 4:50 a.m. at the Kasanka National Park in northern Zambia, tourists watch from a platform in a tree as the sound of millions of wings accompanies the...
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Heroin recovery treatment 'a partnership, a collaboration,' counselors sayJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - Treatment isn't magic. When it comes to heroin, there's no wand to wave and no spell to recite. There's no potion to loosen the hold of the drug on those who've tried i...
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Fashion for the gym and beyondJan 24, 2015 6:00 am - A new generation of fitness clothing is appealing to gym rats and couch potatoes alike for its sweat-wicking, ab-smoothing, butt-firming fabrics, practical pockets and o...
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Most kids with flat feet outgrow the conditionJan 24, 2015 6:00 am - High fever was the concern, so as I walked over to my patient I was relieved to see that the 14-year-old was alert and in a cheerful, talkative mood. I also noticed tha...
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Twitter and Tumblr execs ditch smartphones to combat addictionJan 24, 2015 6:00 am - From Arianna Huffington to strategists at Twitter Inc. and Tumblr, technocrats are taking a break from their smartphones to show they can survive without digital media —...
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Tide turning in Africa's Ebola fightJan 24, 2015 12:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - A top U.N. official in the fight against Ebola greeted just three patients at one treatment center he visited this week in Sierra Leone. Families in Lib...