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Feel the love
This year the daylong We Love Yoga Festival will be held Sunday at DePaul University to coincide with National Yoga Month.
Some basics on Obamacare
Q. I keep hearing Oct. 1 is a key date — what happens then? A. The health-care marketplace, also known as the exchange, opens Tuesday. This is when individuals and businesses can learn about the various insurance options being offered by competing private health-care providers. …
Report: Rates for health insurance cheaper than projections
The federal government unveiled a report Wednesday that showed average premium rates for health insurance in 36 states, including Illinois, would be far lower than initially projected.
Natural birth focus of new center at La Grange Hospital
In one of the suites in the Natural Birth Center, Mark Pappalardo held his newborn son, Mark, in his arms. The room was quiet, with the Pappalardos having the entire space to themselves. The LaGrange Park family was the first to have a child born …
Bringing sexy to condoms can be done
DR. LAURA BERMAN: We need to address why safer sex itself isn’t sexy. Why can’t we rewrite the script when it comes to healthy sex?
‘Days of our Lives’ star Arianne Zucker contributes her exercise knowledge to new book
For Arianne Zucker, Nicole Walker on “Days of our Lives,” body transformation came after working out with a trainer who taught her to concentrate on doing exercises for her body type.
From belly to baby
Despite reading every how-to book and taking an array of classes during pregnancy, you realize nothing can fully prepare you for your amazing — and terrifying — new role.
A workout option for new moms
If you’re a new mom who wants to work out but has no one to watch the baby, this one’s for you. Equinox trainer Tonya Dugger — with 8-month-old daughter Mia in tow — will lead Push Your Limits, a stroller fitness class starting Oct. …
Dr. Oz: What to do when pain won’t go away
DRS. ROIZEN AND OZ: I’ve had shoulder pain for a couple of years, and the constant low-level agony is making me nuts. What should I do?
Abuses prompt changing access for disabled at Disneyland
ANAHEIM, Calif. — People with disabilities will no longer go straight to the front of lines at Disneyland and Walt Disney World after growing abuse of the system, park officials said.
Chris Powell’s already working with next ‘Extreme’ contestants
Chris Powell, trainer/star of “Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition,” is advising the 16 people who will be featured in Season 4 of the show, which won’t air until late next spring.
Is the new water campaign all wet?
As part of the Let’s Move campaign, First Lady Michelle Obama visited nearby Wisconsin last week to urge everyone to drink more water. She stopped in Watertown — get it — to be exact.
Kristen Stewart will survive breakup, and you will, too
DR. LAURA BERMAN: Although “Twilight’s” Kristen Stewart is under added scrutiny being a household name, the pain of a breakup often can be quite significant for all of us. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that romantic rejection triggers the same part of the brain that is associated with physical pain.
Run, feed the hungry in Chicago
Besides the usual race goodies, RUN10 FEED 10 participant’s registration fee also covers 10 meals to feed the hungry in Chicago. The 2012 race raised 10 million meals.
Dr. Oz: The best place to store meds
DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN: My husband is recovering from a ruptured appendix, and a nurse said the medicine cabinet isn’t the best place to store his pain meds. Isn’t that what it’s for?
