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- Jan 1 - Mar 1, 2012
- In Health: January - February, 2012
Health & Home
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Breakfast Time!
Don't forget to start your day with a nutritious, delicious meal
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Detox or Deception?
A diet that claims to destroy fat, build lean muscle and clean the body is drawing criticism — but at the same time, it's growing fast
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Five Reasons to Exercise
Sometimes getting motivated to exercise is almost more difficult than actually doing a workout. So, to help keep you pumped up, we asked regional health and fitness experts what works for them or the people they help.
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Fresh Legs
It's not vain — it's smart to ask your doctor about varicose veins
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Listen Closely
Growing up with hearing loss has helped a Spokane pediatric neurologist be a better listener
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Is Less More?
Minimalist running is taking off — kind of how jogging did back in the 1970s
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Don't Just Stand There, STRETCH!
The days of static stretching are over
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Unleash the Monster
Relieving chronic constipation takes work — and sometimes a miracle cure
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Flash Fitness
Only have a few minutes to get in your workout? There are options.
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From the Editor
My family doctor recently told me that at every conference she goes to, exercise is touted over and over as the key to improving health. “You really need to exercise,” she said.
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Keeping Your Resolutions
This New Year, make a fitness promise
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Granting Requests
Medical research money is set to flow into Spokane County
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The Health Insurance Cost Conundrum
Dr. Brett Hagen got into the optometry business because he loves just about everything about eye care. But those upsides have come with a constant juggling act. As owner of Garland Vision Source, Hagen must relentlessly study health plans, communicate regularly with his insurance broker, and constantly crunch numbers to make sure his business can provide health benefits to its workers.
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Empty Bottles
Across the nation, medicines that ward off cancer or simply stymie gout have fallen into short supply, and the Inland Northwest is no exception.