Articles filed under Health
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Make sure wheat bread is all it's cracked up to beOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Is cracked wheat bread the same thing as whole wheat? A. Cracked wheat simply refers to whole-wheat berries that have been broken into smaller pieces. This pr...
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Fifteen years and counting: I wouldn't be here without youOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - The past year has been full of milestones and today's no exception. Fifteen years ago Lean and lovin' first appeared in the Daily Herald. What a road I've traveled in th...
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Meeting the people behind the 'care'Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - When I think about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I try to become more aware of what I do to stay one step ahead of my cancer. Among my favorite activities is reaching o...
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40 bathroom trips a day?Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Halfway into her 20-minute commute to Deerfield, Barbara Zarnikow of Buffalo Grove would stop at a hotel to use the restroom. On road trips, her husband knew to pull off...
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2 Americans, 1 Briton share Nobel Prize in medicineOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Two American scientists and a Briton won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique ...
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Depressed teens benefit from drugs plus therapyOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - A combination of drugs and therapy was more effective at treating depressed teens than either drugs or therapy alone, U.S. researchers said, offering a new model for tre...
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A door to new screeningOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - What if your doctor could swipe a wand over your neck and reveal whether you have hidden heart disease? That is now possible in places other than the sick bay of the sta...
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What's your yoga style?Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - When it comes to choosing a yoga class, it can sometimes feel like there are more options than there are flavors at Baskin-Robbins. Vinyasa, vinyasa flow, ashtanga, yogi...
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How to get off weight-loss plateauOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I started exercising and began to lose weight but now the scale won't budge, even though I'm still exercising. What's wrong? A. When you started exercising yo...
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Perk up dinner with cauliflower powerOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - I spotted some good-looking cauliflower at my local supermarket, beautiful creamy-white heads, firm and heavy for their size (so no lost moisture from sitting on a store...