Articles filed under Health
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Smaller machines, 'virtual' workouts make it easy to exercise at homeFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Not long ago, a home workout area might have seemed out of the question, with bulky workout equipment and weights requiring too much space. Today's more versatile equipm...
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No cure for heart disease, Clinton's case showsFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Bill Clinton has a new lease on life, but there's no cure for the heart disease that has twice forced the former president to get blocked arteries fixed. Treatments like...
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Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for foodFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous. Some food...
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Teeth-whitening options vary in cost and effectivenessFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Maybe it was your 35th high school reunion photograph or perhaps an innocent remark by a child, but now you're self-conscious about your dingy teeth, and you're thinking...
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New study to attack childhood cancerFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In an unprecedented effort to attack childhood cancer at its root causes, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. and Washington University School of Med...
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Fighting swine flu fatigue with clever marketingFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Marco Torres stood on a busy road in Riverside, Calif. and waved an oversized yellow arrow with an unconventional message for a street marketing campaign: "FREE TODAY: H...
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Your Health: Smoking top risk for heart diseaseFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Affairs of the heart Harvard Medical School's Healthbeat reports: bull; Smoking is the top risk factor for heart disease. But for women on birth control pills,...
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Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers ageFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some c...
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Seinfeld's Jason Alexander the latest to pitch weight-loss programs to menFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - George Costanza is no Dan Marino, and that may signal an important shift in dieting culture. When the weight-loss company NutriSystem launched its men's program in 2006,...
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Suburban drug culture forum at Lake Zurich High SchoolFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - An educational forum about the suburban drug culture will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lake Zurich High School, 300 Church St. The forum was originally scheduled for...