Articles filed under Health
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Virtual P.E.? Wisc. district offers gym classes onlineDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WEST BEND, Wis. -- Virtual P.E.? The West Bend School District will begin offering online physical education and health classes to some high school students in January. ...
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Forget the skates -- Grab a broom and work outDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Some people brave the snow and cold to exercise outdoors in the winter, but others would rather move their workouts indoors. Fortunately, there are plenty of options to ...
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Your healthDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Healthy marriage Research shows show married men live longer than single ones, and this may be one of the reasons why: A new study shows men are less likely to go for ea...
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Dry catheterization may have caused damageDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. My 82-year-old father was recently hospitalized in a Midwestern city with complications from a blood disorder. Medical staff assessed the need for a urinary cathe...
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Consumers cut spending again as recession deepensDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Consumers reduced their spending at retail stores again in November while the costs of goods before they reach store shelves also continued to drop, more ba...
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FDA puts black box warning on bowel-clearing drugsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials said Thursday they will add the sternest safety warnings available to drugs used before colonoscopies, following reports of kidney...
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Longtime Daily Herald columnist, author of 'Life With Cancer' diesDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - There was a crowd in Skokie that day in June 2006, when Holocaust survivors, fundraisers and local officials came to finally break ground on the long-awaited Illinois Ho...
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FDA advisers: Restrict some asthma drugsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Government health advisers Thursday called for restrictions on some long-acting asthma drugs, but spared Advair, a top-selling medication used by millions ...
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Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO saysDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, int...
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Childhood constipation a serious problemDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Tummy troubles Holiday travel, upset schedules and unfamiliar foods can put your little one's mood seriously out of whack. And her bathroom habits, too. Childhood consti...