Articles filed under Health
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Wake-up call: Back to school means back to bedAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - There are nights when Jane Hopkins feels like a sleep cop. She will climb out of her bed in the wee hours to see whether her teenage sons are really asleep....
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Exercise programs geared for autismAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - The Fox Valley Special Recreation Association will offer exercise programs to youths and adults with autism spectrum disorders beginning Wednesday, Sept. 1. The Exercis...
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'Yoga theft' leaves a twisted situation for devoted followersAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW DELHI - Heard of Naked Yoga? Kosher Yoga? Yoga for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? More than 30 million Americans practice some sort of yoga in an ever-expanding industry ge...
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Sweating the details: Getting athletic clothes to 'breathe' a serious scienceAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Serious athletes know what you wear plays a critical role in your performance. Most of us are familiar with dry-wick athletic apparel and buy into the notion that those...
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Students shoulder the burden of those bulging backpacksAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Kids have always been a pain. But these days, they're also in pain. "It's an epidemic," warns Scott Bautch, a Wisconsin chiropractor specializing in occupa...
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Couple sues over privacy in media coverage of triplets' birthsAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A Rolling Meadows couple has filed suit against an Oak Lawn hospital and three Chicago news outlets over coverage of the birth of their triplets in February. Cynthia and...
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A new year of better mental health as suicide prevention efforts carry onAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Barrington Unit District 220 and St. Charles Unit District 303 are both assessing the success of an entire academic year without any student taking his or her own life. ...
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School lunch planning is in the bag, if you follow these tipsAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - School's getting underway, and with it the dilemma over crafting lunches that make the grade on nutrition and calories - and that kids will actually eat. Kids' lunches ...
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Autism can be diagnosed with 15-minute brain scan, study findsAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - A 15-minute brain scan identified adults with autism almost as effectively as conventional methods of diagnosis that rely on interviews with patients and their families,...
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Your Health: Acetaminophen, adolescents may not mixAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Acetaminophen and asthma Taking acetaminophen seems associated with asthma in adolescents, a new study has found. A survey of some 320,000 14- and 15-year-olds...