Articles filed under Health
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Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migrainesDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more h...
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Start the new year with our Fittest Loser ChallengeDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Are you looking to find your thinner inner self in the new year? We'd like to give you the best shot at making it happen. The Daily Herald and Live Well, our new fitness...
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Your healthDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Resolve to quit: Despite all the progress that's been made to change the perception of smoking, nearly half of all U.S. children are exposed to secondhand smoke each...
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Dercum's leaves reader with few places to turnDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I have followed your column for a number of years and believe my problem will be a first for you. I have been diagnosed with Dercum's disease. I knew for a long ...
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Mushrooms not just good, they're good for youDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Over the past decade, the use of mushrooms as a food as well as a dietary supplement has increased. Mushrooms contain a number of compounds that have a positive effect o...
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Drug might protect smokers from lung damage, researchers sayDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Mice that inhaled cigarette smoke five hours daily avoided lung damage in a study by eating a chemical compound. The mice were exposed to smoke in a laboratory to study ...
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Area hospitals offer fitness centers, guidance for the new yearDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The new year means the new you. That is what we constantly tell ourselves around this time of year. We start making a list of New Year's Resolutions that we swear to liv...
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When your laptop is a big pain in the neckDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Sales of laptop computers passed desktops in the U.S. for the first time ever this fall, according to market-research firm IDC. That's bad news for backs, necks and shou...
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'Magical' apple affects body's metabolismDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - It's hard to reconcile all the advice you get when young. "Look before you leap" contradicts "He who hesitates is lost." But some adages, like "An apple a day keeps the ...
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Parents need to know the signs of frostbiteDec 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The adventurous 6-year-old was properly dressed when he left the house to play out in the snow on the cold winter's day. He threw snowballs, made snowmen, constructed sn...