Articles filed under Health
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Kitchen health: fact vs. fictionJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - You're making healthier choices in the kitchen all the time: Cooking with olive oil instead of butter, broiling fish instead of frying it, and swapping white rice and pa...
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Exercise as a way to kick drug addictionJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Sure, exercise is good for your waistline, your heart, your bones - but might it also help prevent addiction to drugs or alcohol? There are some tantalizing clues that p...
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Earlier diagnosis giving Alzheimer's a new voiceJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Don Hayen has a handy way of deflecting the instant pity that comes when he reveals his Alzheimer's disease: "But I haven't lost my keys all day," he quickly jokes. Haye...
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Your healthJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Super food Add capers to the list of nutrient-rich foods we should all eat more often. The tiny flower buds - from a Mediterranean shrub - may help prevent cancer. Resea...
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To cure upper-back pain, look at its possible causesJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. There are so many articles written about lower-back pain, but I have yet to read anything on upper-back pain. This has been a problem for me for the last couple o...
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Going under the knife to move up the corporate ladderJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The media, and its consumers, generally keep conversation about plastic surgery and careers pegged on a couple of figures: The aging Hollywood idol and the would-be Holl...
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Hospitals move to reduce risk of night shiftJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Hospitals are waking up to the fact that substandard care on nights and weekends is endangering patients - giving new meaning to the term "graveyard shift." Patients suf...
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How life's challenges opened a new door for a Mount Prospect attorneyJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Robert Meersman never dreamed of becoming an artist, though he was always good at drawing. He was much too busy to pursue such leisurely activities as he raised four dau...
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Amy faces cold water and fear during her first open-water swimJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - There's three weeks left before the U.S. Women's Sprint Triathlon in Naperville, and I'm dealing with a few lingering anxieties and doubts. For one, my right thigh conti...
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Face acne with resolve - no matter your ageJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - It often strikes in the dead of night. You hit the sack, your skin all clean and clear. You wake up, and there's been an overnight visitor - an unwelcome one at that. Ca...