Articles filed under Health
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Targeting brain circuits for addiction, relapseJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Could a once-a-month alcoholism shot keep some of the highest-risk heroin addicts from relapse? A drug that wakes up narcoleptics treat cocaine addiction? An old antidep...
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Research shows yoga the right prescription for cancer patientsJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Touch toes. Downward dog. Breathe. It's a yoga routine that cancer doctors have prescribed for years without evidence it would do much good. Now the biggest ever scienti...
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Cancer rates normal among jet-engine factory workersJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney was the same as or less than for the general population, researchers said. The researchers, from...
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Overtreated: More medical care isn't always betterJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier -- it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe. Anywh...
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Five ways to reduce your blood pressureJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Hypertension affects about 74.5 million people ages 20 and older - or about 1 in 3 adults. More than half of those ages 60 to 69 and about three quarters of those ages...
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Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survivalJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation ...
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New look, new life: Jan Vitullo wins Fittest Loser contestJun 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Sometimes it pays to listen to your mother. On the advice of her mom, Jan Vitullo of Lombard entered the Daily Herald's Fittest Loser competition back in December. On We...
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Weighing the options for weight lossJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Oral surgery restricted me to a soft food diet. After five days of Jell-O, broth, yogurt and ice cream, I anxiously stepped on the scale. My torture and bland diet were ...
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Boxing her way to weight lossJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Jan Vitullo discovered a new method for weight loss: beating on her boyfriend. It worked. Vitullo, 50, won the Daily Herald/Push Fitness Fittest Loser Challenge, a three...
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Mom pushes through challengesJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Deb Mirabelli went on a significant journey. It was wrought with peril, in the form of strep throat, but she reached her destination. Mirabelli, 44, gave herself quite a...