Articles filed under Health
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Losing weight could be a matter of coachingJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - When Sharlene Langner won four free sessions with a wellness coach through a local school raffle, she was skeptical. At 5 feet tall and 175 pounds, the Maplewood, N.J., ...
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Study: Uptick in C-sections coincides with rise in preemiesJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - One in eight babies - well over half a million a year - are born premature, a toll that's risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping. The government is begi...
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Radiation beats waiting with prostate cancer recurrenceJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Men who have surgery for prostate cancer only to see the illness return are more likely to survive if they get radiation therapy rather than waiting to see how the disea...
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Heart attacks can strike out of the blueJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - My father was planning a trip to Europe one summer afternoon when he went to the bathroom and didn't return. My mother found him dead of a heart attack on the bathroom f...
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Stepping up fight against metabolic syndromeJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - There are 50 million Americans who have it. Philip J. Kocisco decided he didn't want to be one of them. But at age 38, overweight with high blood pressure and cholestero...
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Now you can shop for a five-star nursing homeJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has five-star rankings for restaurants and hotels. So why not five-star rankings for nursing homes? The Bush administration announced Wednesday th...
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FDA warns about fraudulent cancer treatmentsJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even ...
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Can tiny fighters make it home?Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Second of two parts DALLAS - Seventeen weeks premature, our twin sons were so small, so fragile. And already they'd been through so much. Josh had had heart surgery...
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Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare notesJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The following programs are offered by Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare. To register, call CareMatch at (630) 782-7878 or visit www.emhc.org. Help for cancer patients: The H...
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Amy kicks into high gear with just one week until the raceJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Amy Boerema is training for the U.S. Women's Series Sprint Triathlon in Naperville. I'm feeling pretty proud of myself. I kick things up this week, really pushing m...