Articles filed under Health
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Parents should follow school policy when it comes to starting schoolOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To send or not to send? That was the question facing the mother of a 4-year-old boy with a late August birthday. The preschooler was in the office for his annual physica...
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Run to Sparta and win -- a drink of waterOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS -- As extreme sports go, this one is ancient. It is one of the toughest races in the world -- a sport where the body is almost bound to fail and only passion can ...
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs continue to work a decade after patients quit themOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help prevent heart attacks for at least a decade after people stop taking them, the first long-term study of the world's top-selling ty...
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Drug makers pull infant cold meds amid safety concernsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Drug makers on Thursday voluntarily pulled kids' cold medicines off the market less than two weeks after the government warned of potential health risks to...
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Make sure wheat bread is all it's cracked up to beOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Is cracked wheat bread the same thing as whole wheat? A. Cracked wheat simply refers to whole-wheat berries that have been broken into smaller pieces. This pr...
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Fifteen years and counting: I wouldn't be here without youOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - The past year has been full of milestones and today's no exception. Fifteen years ago Lean and lovin' first appeared in the Daily Herald. What a road I've traveled in th...
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Meeting the people behind the 'care'Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - When I think about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I try to become more aware of what I do to stay one step ahead of my cancer. Among my favorite activities is reaching o...
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40 bathroom trips a day?Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Halfway into her 20-minute commute to Deerfield, Barbara Zarnikow of Buffalo Grove would stop at a hotel to use the restroom. On road trips, her husband knew to pull off...
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2 Americans, 1 Briton share Nobel Prize in medicineOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Two American scientists and a Briton won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique ...
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Depressed teens benefit from drugs plus therapyOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - A combination of drugs and therapy was more effective at treating depressed teens than either drugs or therapy alone, U.S. researchers said, offering a new model for tre...