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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: General Practitioners, Botulism, Food Industry, Arts and Culture, Fatigue
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Letters: The fine print of obesity surgery
Re "What we should learn from the 1-800-GET-THIN saga," Column, April 21 Readers should not be left with the impression that patients who underwent weight-loss surgery after seeing an advertisement on a billboard were unaware of the risks. Those...Tags: Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Body Mass Index
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Emanuel announces deal with Coca-Cola on recycling
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday announced his latest partnership with Coca-Cola: The soft drink giant will pay for 50,000 blue recycling carts for Chicago homes and in return gets to put images of Coke products on the lids of the familiar bins. Emanuel...
Tags: Weight, Richard M. Daley, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Michael Bloomberg, Thomas Menino
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Talk back: Should California pass a soda tax?
Should the state play a role in preventing obesity among its residents? State Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced legislation that would levy a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages, including sodas, as part of an effort to fight obesity...
Tags: Weight, New York City, Consumers, Children's Health
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The weight loss debate: Do men really shed pounds faster than women?
marieg@herald-mail.comYou've been working hard to lose weight — following your diet to the letter, battling through food temptations and putting in extra time each day on the treadmill. But your husband, who is following the same routine, is shedding the pounds more...Tags: Weight, Heart Disease, Biology, General Practitioners, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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'Lady of the Burlesque Ballet': A huge treat from the start
Timothy Schaffert's newest story, "Lady of the Burlesque Ballet," is a skinny, satisfying fairy tale about an obese woman. This is a story of extremes: intense happiness, total despair, maximum greed, and lots and lots of food. "Irish Maupin," the...
Tags: Dance, Chicago Tribune, Weight, Entertainment Events, Depression
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When weight is disabling
Lisa Harrison weighed 527 pounds on the day she was fired from her job at a Louisiana drug addiction treatment center. The 5-foot-2-inch Harrison, who believed her employer considered her "disabled" due to her weight, filed a discrimination charge with...
Tags: Discrimination, Heart Problems, Weight, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Career and Workplace
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Macedonia Baptist members honored at White House on Wednesday
The Religion WorldTwo members of Eatonville's Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church will be recognized at the White House on Wednesday, March 6, for winning first place in the Communities on the Move Video Challenge. Health Ministry Chairman Lavon Willliams and Faith... -
Local youths get HEROES awards for programs that fight obesity
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelFour Central Florida programs developed by kids to help combat childhood obesity recently received nearly $3,500 in grant funding from UnitedHealthcare. The grants are part of the United Health HEROES program, a collaboration between UnitedHealthcare... -
Allergan thrives with Botox but is unloading Lap-Band
The company: Allergan Inc. Headquarters: Irvine Ticker: AGN Employees: 10,800 Leadership: David E.I. Pyott, chief executive since 1998 Revenue: $5.8 billion in 2012 Net income: $1.1 billion in 2012 Stock price: $108.60 at Friday's close...
Tags: Migraine, Companies and Corporations, Prescription Drugs, Allergan Inc., David E.I. Pyott
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Tyson on his game for 'Undisputed'
The room became dark at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, where Jay-Z lyrics in the song, "Ni**as In Paris," repeated loudly. "Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game Six," looped on the sound system. And then just, "Tyson. Tyson. Tyson." The crowd cheered...
Tags: Mike Tyson, Prisons, Brownsville, Charlize Theron, Arts and Culture
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The pastry deserved suspension, not boy
In regard to the 7-year-old boy suspended from second grade for nibbling a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun ("The smoking pastry," March 7), we must immediately ban pastries from the schools. They cause diabetes and obesity, and that kills 300,000...
Tags: Diabetes
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