Health and Fitness
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Robots let doctors ‘beam’ into remote hospitalsNov 17, 2013 6:21 pm - CARMICHAEL, Calif. — The doctor isn’t in, but he can still see you now. Remote presence robots are allowing physicians to “beam” themselves into hospitals to diagnose pa...
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Local doctor a cancer buster and carrom champNov 17, 2013 7:00 am - Lake County doctor's stress busters: cricket and carrom
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Mexican cartel finds more buyers for cheap, potent heroin among Midwestern youthNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - Danny Dillon, a three-sport athlete, thought he was snorting a crushed-up pain pill the first time he tried heroin as a high school junior. Soon he was injecting the dru...
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Editorial: It’s time for bipartisan solutions on health careNov 17, 2013 4:00 am - You may remember Joe Walsh. A flamboyant populist conservative from the suburbs, he ran for Congress in 2010 because, he said, he was worried about his country. He serve...
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Can Obama's health care law be saved?Nov 16, 2013 3:00 pm - President Barack Obama's health care law risks coming unglued because of his administration's bungles and his own inflated promises. To avoid that fate, Obama needs brea...
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Sex among demented spurs elderly care group to call for policiesNov 16, 2013 5:00 am - An association of professionals who work at hundreds of elderly-care facilities in the United States is calling on the homes to reconsider their policies — or, in most c...
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A doctor's dilemma: Saving a preemieNov 16, 2013 5:00 am - The newborn resuscitation room was uncomfortably hot — the thermostat was set high to prevent a just-born baby's body temperature from dropping rapidly. Our neonatology ...
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Identical twins share breast cancer, rare surgery at Chicago hospitalNov 15, 2013 9:00 am - Identical twins Kelly McCarthy and Kristen Maurer have shared a lot in their lives so when one was diagnosed with breast cancer, she urged the other to get tested, too. ...
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Boys a bit more likely than girls to be born earlyNov 15, 2013 8:58 am - WASHINGTON — Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, too, says a new report on the health of the world’s newborns. “T...
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Helping overweight kids get healthyNov 15, 2013 4:00 am - Forty-three percent of Chicago-area students are overweight. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 17 percent of children and adoles...