Health & Fitness Top
Health & Fitness Top
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THE YOU DOCS
You Docs: Nondrug cures for sleepless nights
Insomnia (trouble getting more than three days’ restful sleep a week, for three out of four weeks) drove Michael Jackson to desperate measures. If it is driving you there, too, you are not alone. Sixty-six million North Americans a year have frequent or extended bouts of sleeplessness. We...
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HEALTH
Furor grows over Komen cuts to Planned Parenthood
Executives of the Susan G. Komen Foundation offered contradictory statements Thursday for their decision to halt grants to Planned Parenthood, but they failed to quell a rising controversy over abortion politics that led several of the organization’s affiliates to openly rebel.
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HEALTH & FITNESS TOP
Idaho food stamps delayed Wednesday morning
About 40,000 cards that are used for food stamp benefits did not get loaded Wednesday morning by JP Morgan, the state's contractor for the food stamp program.
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HEALTH
Jason Wanlass: Five fitness tips to keep your motivation all year long
The best time to evaluate your fitness goals and motivation is right now.
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BUSINESS
Seniors, people with disabilities in the Treasure Valley and nation want homes that let them age in place
Remodeling homes, or designing new ones, with access and features that allow people to stay at home through a disability or illness is a growing trend Fact sheet on aging in place from the National Association of Home Builders Remodelers
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Boise smoking ban may snuff hookah bars
The smoking ban exempts “exclusive retail tobacconists” businesses with sales that are 95 percent tobacco and tobacco products, with no more than four seats for customers. Ali Alsudani and two other Boise hookah bar owners say they can’t afford to operate if they’...
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HEALTH
Idaho’s mentally ill getting help from courts, police
Treasure Valley police and Idaho courts are stepping up to help people who are suffering from mental illness before their situations result in violence. More people are turning to police as they lose employer benefits and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare manages budget cuts.
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IDAHO LEGISLATURE
Idaho asks feds to extend deadline on creating a state-run health insurance exchange
Gov. Butch Otter’s chief of health and welfare sent a letter Nov. 3 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asking for a one-year extension of the January 2014 deadline on creating a state-run health insurance exchange and online portal, where people and small businesses could...
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Ada County mulls new hiring policy to screen out smokers
Can employers refuse to hire you if you smoke or use other tobacco products? In many states, yes. More employers than ever are screening applicants for tobacco use. Such policies are not unheard of in Idaho.


