Articles filed under Health
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Bee products are generating a lot of buzzJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but what if the sweet stuff is the medicine? Sounds too good to be true, but the evidence is piling up that honey has ...
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Buying glasses online offers clear savingsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - More than a year has passed since your last eye exam, so you drop by your local boutique for a quick checkup. An hour later - and $500 poorer - you're out the door, wond...
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It's easy to create an electronic family health tree at updated siteJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - It happens all the time: Filling out that clipboard at the doctor's office, you can't remember what cancer killed Aunt Sally or when Dad had his heart attack. A good fam...
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Hibiscus tea may be perfect remedy after stressful dayJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Although flowering plants are beautiful, nature is famous for multitasking and so many of these also have potent medicinal properties. The hibiscus is one example. Medic...
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Your healthJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Contestants chosen Five people have been chosen to compete in the Daily Herald/Live Well Fittest Loser Challenge, sponsored by Push Fitness in Schaumburg. More than 100...
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Study adds to evidence of whooping cough vaccine safetyJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn't hurt children, offering more reassurance to pa...
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Vegetarian kids need to 'fill in the blanks' nutritionallyJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Children who want to be vegetarians need to "fill in the blanks" of their low-protein diets by eating alternatives to red meat, fish and poultry, experts say. Good examp...
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Cold weather, exercise mix with right gearJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - It's snowy. It's cold. It's windy. Who wants to exercise outside in the winter? But nasty weather doesn't mean you have to head to the gym and fight the hordes waiting f...
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Crossfit approach uses 'chaos' for effective workoutsJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Taking an exercise class can be daunting. All those glass windows with people just staring at you. The pain and embarrassment of puffing for air and sweating when everyo...
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C. diff. steals an angel: This was no ordinary illnessJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - C. diff. Few of my Mom's eight children realized what was ahead after the doctor used those words to describe a bug she had caught after being treated for what seemed li...