Health and Fitness
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Illnesses at Edison caused by norovirusNov 14, 2013 7:10 pm - The gastrointestinal illness that kept hundreds of Wheaton students out of school earlier this week was a norovirus, according to DuPage County Health Department. In a l...
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Quinn talks about his mom at caregiving conferenceNov 14, 2013 3:51 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is highlighting the role that those who care for the elderly and sick play by giving a personal example: his mom. Quinn’s 96-year-old mother, Eileen Quin...
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U of I starts medical reorganizationNov 14, 2013 3:50 pm - SPRINGFIELD — University of Illinois trustees have agreed to begin reorganizing the university’s hospital, clinics and health-sciences colleges in Chicago. Trustees on T...
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Nurse educator helps diabetes patients care for themselvesNov 14, 2013 8:52 am - Twice a week, diabetes nurse educator Melanie Siedlinski visits Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights to help diabetic patients and others better understand ho...
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Hanover Township hosting wellness clinic at Bartlett senior communityNov 14, 2013 4:31 am - Hanover Township is hosting a wellness clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Victory Centre, 1101 W. Bartlett Road in Bartlett. A Hanover Township nurse wil...
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Obama signs Kirk-Durbin bill on epinephrine pensNov 13, 2013 5:47 pm - WASHINGTON — The deaths of two girls in Illinois and Virginia from severe food allergies have helped spur efforts to get schools to stockpile emergency medications that ...
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Doctors are told to get serious about obesityNov 13, 2013 5:30 pm - ATLANTA — Next time you go for a checkup, don’t be surprised if your doctor gets on your case about your weight. The medical profession has issued new guidelines for fig...
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Arlington Hts. library hosts health care enrollment sessionsNov 13, 2013 4:58 pm - The Arlington Heights Memorial Library is holding information and enrollment sessions to help residents with the new Affordable Care Act. Representatives from the Campai...
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Salvadoran teens travel to burbs for heart surgeriesNov 13, 2013 4:30 am - Salvadorans at Good Shepherd for heart procedures
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U.S. doctors urge wider use of cholesterol drugsNov 12, 2013 6:00 pm - The nation's first new guidelines in a decade for preventing heart attacks and strokes call for twice as many Americans — one-third of all adults — to consider taking ch...