Articles filed under Health
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Tittering when all is in tattersMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Catastrophic oil spill. Times Square bomber. Teetering global economies. Even a recall of your kid's medicine. You need a laugh. Don't see anything funny? Fake it - you'...
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Radical treatment offered for those with severe asthmaMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes thei...
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From a size 24 to a size 4: Geneva woman shares weight loss strategiesMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - "How'd she do that?" is a question Maureen Bliss hears, now and then, especially when people recognize her, which might not be easy. Bliss is less than half the woman sh...
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Risk of Lyme, other tick-borne disease peaks in springMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Lyme disease is by far the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, and spring and summer are when you need to be most wary, since the ticks that spread the ...
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Long Grove mom shares her story of living with lupusMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Kelly Jean Drury, a 34-year-old Long Grove mother of two, says she is one of the lucky ones. That's despite a diagnosis of lupus that came out of the blue, derailing the...
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I know you mean well, but you can't solve my disabilityMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A woman walks up behind me at Filene's Basement. I am busy balancing my cane and an overwhelming armful of bargains. She says apologetically, "I am sorry for the intrusi...
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Odd childhood symptoms lead to lupus diagnosisMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Alex Moy was a sixth-grader when a series of odd ailments interrupted her healthy, active childhood. Rashes and mouth sores came and went. During a piano lesson, Moy te...
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Dispensing medical marijuana poses a challenge for doctorsMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - For doctors such as Pradeep Chopra, long accustomed to prescribing carefully tested medications by the exact milligram, medical marijuana presents a particular conundrum...
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Help for burning mouth syndromeMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I haven't been able to find out much information on burning mouth syndrome, which I've had for the past four years. I take alpha lipoic acid but haven't had any relie...
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Your Health: Shake it up to optimize strength trainingMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Live stronger Stuck in a strength workout rut? Harvard Medical School suggests a few ways to teach old muscles some new tricks. Muscles get used to a certai...