Health and Fitness
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Implantable device helps reduce heavy menstrual flowOct 20, 2014 5:45 am - Q: I bleed very heavily during my menstrual periods. Is there anything that can be done about this? Or do I just have to put up with the discomfort and inconvenience eve...
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Strong or skinny: What do women want?Oct 20, 2014 5:45 am - When Kristin Rance joined a CrossFit gym in Washington about a year ago, she had one vision: muscle. The 30-year-old mother of two wanted to look in the mirror and see s...
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Study: Some kids spend 2 hours a day as adult caregiverOct 20, 2014 5:45 am - A new study of Florida middle-schoolers found that kids who are called on to care for adult family members suffering from diseases or aging-related disabilities spend ne...
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Chicago names 4 hospitals readying for EbolaOct 20, 2014 1:01 am - Four Chicago hospitals have agreed to take on the responsibility of caring for Ebola patients if the deadly virus emerges in the city. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office and th...
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Family fun, wellness night:Oct 20, 2014 1:01 am - Free health screenings and family fun fitness activities are planned Friday, Nov. 7, for adults and children during the Family Fun and Wellness Night. It runs from 5 to ...
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The healing process: How the body responds to scrapes and cutsOct 19, 2014 11:00 pm - "When you get a cut, how does the body heal? How does your skin heal?" asked fifth-graders in Elise Diaz and Caroline Dicentio's classes at Prairie Trail School in Gurne...
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Streamwood facility plans activities to combat childhood obesityOct 19, 2014 11:00 pm - September marked National Childhood Obesity Month. Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System has joined forces with the country and the community to bring awareness to th...
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Family fun, wellness night in Highland ParkOct 19, 2014 1:01 am - Free health screenings and family fun fitness activities are planned Friday, Nov. 7, for adults and children during the Family Fun and Wellness Night. It runs from 5 to ...
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Robotic device helps paralyzed groom walk aisleOct 18, 2014 11:00 pm - DEWITT, N.Y. - New York resident Matt Ficarra has been paralyzed from the chest down since an accident three years ago, but that didn't stop him from walking down the ai...
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Getting what you pay for in back pain reliefOct 18, 2014 11:00 pm - “Back pain is so common that almost anyone can hang out a shingle, claim to have a cure, and make a living,” Richard A. Deyo writes in “Watch Your Back! How the Back Pai...