Susan Stevens
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No slacking offDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - No slacking off The holiday season is upon us. And so is the holiday weight gain. Chuck Barnard, national fitness director for Midtown Athletic Clubs, including the Pala...
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Winterize your lips and stay kissable through New Year's EveNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The skin on your lips isn't like the rest of your face. It's more vulnerable. Your lips lack sweat glands and oil glands and the protective barrier they provide. The ski...
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Removing tonsils not best ideaNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Removing tonsils may not be the best treatment for kids Removing the tonsils of children with mild or moderate throat infections is more expensive and has fewer he...
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Fighting the signs of an aging neckNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - She had never really liked her wide nose, which didn't resemble the cute, perky noses of her two children. And then, sitting in her cosmetic surgeon's office in Warrenvi...
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When your headache is really a neck-acheNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Imagine an electrical wire sparking in your brain, every few seconds, for 11 years. That's how Bridie Downey describes the intense headaches that drove her to eight doct...
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How you treat headache depends on where the pain is coming from.Nov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - How you treat your headache depends on where the pain is coming from. Tension How it feels: A steady ache, pressure or tightness in a band around the head or neck. Pain...
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Blood pressure harder to control in winter monthsNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - For people with high blood pressure, the condition can prove tougher to control in the winter, researchers said. Veterans treated in the winter were less likely to see t...
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Doctors at 'super bug' conference share latest on MRSANov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - This isn't bird flu. The antibiotic-resistant infection known as MRSA is here now, and it's already an epidemic. Over a dozen schools in the Chicago suburbs have reporte...
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Youth health: Coping with cancerNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Coping with cancer Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men. Mortality rates are improving, but the treatments can take a toll. Side effects like u...
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5 reasons to get a flu shotNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Any day now, the first cases of influenza will start trickling into local doctors' offices and hospitals. Some of these unlucky souls will suffer achy bodies, fevers and...