Health and Fitness
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'Butterfly child' finds strength to live with skin disorderNov 02, 2013 11:00 pm - Her blue eyes twinkle as if they are powered by the smile spreading across the face of Caroline Provost as the 8-year-old Palatine girl ponders the list of things she'd ...
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Images: Girl Endures Extremely Rare Skin DisorderNov 02, 2013 11:00 pm - ...
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Naperville runners hungry for city's first marathonNov 02, 2013 11:00 pm - Naperville's running community was hungry. It was early morning on Jan. 28 and spots in the inaugural Edward Hospital Naperville Marathon and Half Marathon were about ...
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HealthCare.gov: How a start-up failed to launchNov 02, 2013 7:50 pm - WASHINGTON — In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Barack Obama’s top economic aides were getting worried. Larry Sum...
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Suits claim Love Canal still oozing sickness 35 years laterNov 02, 2013 4:31 pm - NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Thirty-five years after Love Canal’s oozing toxic waste scared away a neighborhood and became a symbol of environmental catastrophe, history could ...
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First insurance cancellation, then sticker shockNov 02, 2013 4:12 pm - MIAMI — Dean Griffin liked the health insurance he purchased for himself and his wife three years ago and thought he’d be able to keep the plan even after the federal Af...
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Meet the real scientist behind a new film on the discovery of the breast cancer geneNov 02, 2013 6:00 am - “Decoding Annie Parker,” a film starring Helen Hunt, weaves the emotional story of a family stalked by breast cancer with the riveting scientific investigation to find a...
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FDA approves new leukemia drug from RocheNov 01, 2013 11:10 am - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new drug from Roche to help treat patients with a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow. The ag...
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Streamwood school staff save man with CPR, AEDOct 31, 2013 10:50 am - Some staff members at a Streamwood school are being honored next Thursday for using CPR and an automated external defibrillator to save the life of a delivery man. James...
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More study urged on concussions in young athletesOct 30, 2013 1:58 pm - WASHINGTON — No one knows how often the youngest athletes suffer concussions. It’s not clear if better headgear is the answer, and it’s not just a risk in football. A n...