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Breast-feeding gaps decried
Tribune staff reporterLow breast-feeding rates among minorities, especially black women, are a serious public health problem in America, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher said Monday at La Leche League International's 17th annual conference. Despite the known health...Tags: Surgery, Breast, Children, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Social Issues
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Terrorist attacks claim future CEOs, patriots, heroes
Friends of Bob McIlvaine can't get around the idea that a future world leader was lost. Linda Boone has chosen to focus on her husband's patriotism. Patrick Welsh thinks of his late wife's good works. The events of Sept. 11 produced myriad means for...Tags: Career and Workplace, Finance, National Security, Aircraft Hijacking, Crimes
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Flu bug may stir anthrax worries
Tribune staff reporterThe nation's public health system, typically swamped during the cold and flu season, is bracing for an influx of jittery patients who have influenza-like symptoms but want to be tested for anthrax. Though Illinois has no reported incidents of anthrax...Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Disasters and Accidents, Fever
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Terror attacks add new level of anxiety
Tribune staff reporterEver since terrorists changed America, Walter Fields, who is schizophrenic, has anxiously watched his back--and his front. He talks to fewer people. He worries about bombs in his fourth-floor apartment building. On the bus, he wonders whether people are...Tags: Mental Health, Symptoms, Behavioral Conditions, Pharmaceuticals, National Security
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Cycling needs to gain traction as travel mode
Joe Breeze, an inventor of the mountain bike, has a simple, sane solution to traffic congestion, air pollution, road rage and obesity. It is, of course, the bicycle, which Breeze wants Americans to use for more than just recreation. It's...Tags: Justice System, Cycling, Politics, Environmental Issues, Vehicles
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Town sees mass meditation as way to world peace
Tribune staff reporterEven before terrorist attacks stunned the nation, the people in this town were diligently working for world peace. Here, every new home sprouting from former corn and soybean fields faces east for enlightenment and harmony. Every resident practices...Tags: National Security, Crimes, New Mexico, Family, Metal and Mineral
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New reasons to take up the 2-wheel commute
Tribune staff reporterDave Glowacz, Chicago's resident expert on bike commuting, has heard all the excuses. "I'm out of shape." "It takes too long." "It's too far." "It's raining." "Cars are scary." But apparently, the biggest roadblock is the fear of body odor. "They...Tags: Cycling, Grant Park, Bars and Clubs, Bike the Drive, Tribune Tower
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Tales of the trek
I'm the first to admit there are plenty of pitfalls in biking to work--I forget to bring critical pieces of clothing, or it's sunny in the morning and storming when I'm about to leave. Drivers are oblivious and the air can be foul. Still, there's no...Tags: Eyewear, Cycling, Politics, Richard M. Daley, Commuting
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Families hold onto hopes for a miracle
The digging continued Monday--both for bodies in the wreckage and for memories in the minds of loved ones steeling themselves for the months and years ahead. One family has given authorities their son's comb and toothbrush to help identify any remains. A...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Disasters and Accidents, National Security, Golf, Aircraft Hijacking
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Sterilizing of D.C. mail goes slowly
Tribune staff reporterA week after the U.S. Postal Service began shipping select pieces of mail to Ohio for electron beam sterilization, just two truckloads of treated envelopes have returned to Washington for further inspection, officials said. The sanitation process,...Tags: Illinois Institute of Technology, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Mail Order Industry, Vehicles
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Crunch time
Tribune staff reporterYou don't have to be a grain surgeon to get a job pouring Froot Loops at Cereality, an all-cereal restaurant to open in Chicago this spring. But candidates who can help weigh in on the eternal breakfast table squabbles clearly have an edge. Which is...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Children, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Starbucks Corp.
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Virus hitting younger victims
Chicago Tribune staff reportersAdvancing across the country in ways scientists had not predicted, the West Nile virus is being detected in younger populations than past years, federal officials said Thursday. In Michigan, state health officials said Thursday that a 9-month-old boy...Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pharmaceuticals, Health
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