Articles filed under Health
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Your healthMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Walk this way You know you're supposed to do at the equivalent of 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity five days a week. But one person's "moderate" may be...
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Chronic steroid use can cause osteoporosisMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Most of my life, my doctors have prescribed steroids for my eczema and psoriasis. Now, a bone-density test shows that I have the bones of an elderly woman. (I am ...
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Former owner of state-closed nursing home takes over Palatine facilityMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The owner of a company that's taken over a nursing home in Palatine previously was administrator of a nursing home that the state shut down for "gross mismanagement," bu...
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Study: 'Smart drug' Provigil may be habit-formingMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A so-called "smart drug" popular with young people may carry more of an addiction risk than thought, a small government study suggests. Scans of 10 healthy men showed th...
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Get your home exercise fix without dropping a lot of cashMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Don't worry if you are too frugal to spend 10 bucks on a fitness DVD. You don't have to. Here are some tech-savvy ways that you can get a fun workout without spending a ...
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When your stock portfolio takes a hit, so can your skinMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Here's another bump in the landscape of economic meltdown: adult acne. Stress is a leading cause of breakouts, and there's no shortage of that these days in the office o...
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Your healthMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Mealtime helicopters Most parents probably realize that forcing a kid to finish everything on his plate can backfire - at least in theory. Turns out there can be consequ...
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Fewer teens sniffing inhalants to get highMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Fewer teens are sniffing glue, lighter fluid, spray paint, shoe polish and other easy-to-find substances, a government study said Monday. But the study sai...
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Fittest Losers battle adversity to reach halfway pointMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - To lose weight, Liesl Ignoffo thought she'd have to spend endless hours on a treadmill. She does run the treadmill - between all her other exercises. She also crawls on ...
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Possible therapy takes bite out of peanut allergyMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A handful of children once severely allergic to peanuts now can munch them without worry. Scientists retrained their bodies to tolerate peanuts by feeding ...