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Are these shape-shifters?
Can you wobble your way to buns of steel?
The popularity of "toning" shoes, whose unstable soles require you to work muscles harder to stay balanced, suggests consumers are banking on it.
Sales of toning shoes, which cost from $70 to upwards of $200 and...Tags: Politics, Health, Elections, Muscle, Bones and Joints
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Over 50 Cats Discovered In Long Island Home
What started out as an response to a medical emergency soon unraveled into a full blown animal rescue after authorities uncovered over 50 cats in a Long Island home.
According to officials, police were called to a home on Gerard Road in Yaphank Tuesday...Tags: Cat (animal), Yaphank, Suffolk County (New York), Long Island
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Petoskey care provider operating from new home
Angel Heart Home Care recently opened in its new location across from Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey.
Owners and Harbor Springs residents, Margie and Dennis Kelly, transitioned from careers in real estate and the automotive industry,...Tags: Health, Career and Workplace, Employees, Injuries and Wounds
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Puppy gets second chance at life
Weekend Anchor/ReporterA badly injured rottweiler puppy gets a second chance at life thanks to members of a Blacksburg gym and the dog's new family. Macy Mae was hit by a car last week. She has multiple hip fractures and might not be alive if it wern't for Andy and...Tags: Vehicles, Human Interest, Macy's, Inc.
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Charlevoix school officials seek money to make Bridge Street crossing safer
Charlevoix Middle School principal Travis Garrett and social studies teacher Bryan Hawkins are on a mission to make Bridge Street safer for students to cross as they walk to and from school.
At the Charlevoix Public Schools Board of Education's regular...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Health and Safety at School, Apple iPhone, Clubs and Associations, Road Transportation
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Baltimore inventor gave hope to those with hip problems
While the name John Gilbert Collison Sr. has been largely forgotten today, his invention of the artificial steel hip ball more than 60 years ago has given him orthopedic immortality. His invention, manufactured in Baltimore in his Falls Road facility,...Tags: Politics, Health, Elections, Invention and Innovation, Bones and Joints
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Power outages, damaged police cars in wake of storm
About 20,000 homes and businesses served by Commonwealth Edison Co. were without power this afternoon in the wake of severe thunderstorms that pelted the Chicago area with golf ball-size hailstones, disrupted Metra service for hours in the far northern...Tags: Health, Metra, Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin), Disasters and Accidents, Disasters
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Elmhurst Y Announces New Fitness Programs
TribLocal - ElmhurstOn our mission to promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, the Elmhurst YMCA is proud to announce three new programs which will benefit …... -
Senior Living Q & A: Balancing practice may prevent falls
Q. What can I do to improve my balance (or lack of balance) as I age? Balance is a very big issue for all of us. Falls can lead to broken hips or other broken bones, resulting in (at best) many long months of physical therapy required to regain our...Tags: Health, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapists, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Family that fled Iraq grieves for daughter lost in crash here
As Orthodox Christians, Bahara Echmail’s family fled religious persecution in Iraq, arriving to Chicago about five years ago with dreams of a better life.
On Saturday, the family was instead grieving inside their West Rogers Park home after 17-...Tags: Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity, Rogers Park
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Balancing act
Sitting upon an inflatable plastic pillow on her chair, 76-year-old Lyn Joyce picked up a 4-pound medicine ball and lifted it across her body as if she were swinging a golf club.
"You really have to fight for your balance," the La Crescenta resident...Tags: Health, Bones and Joints, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Clubs and Associations
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