Health and Fitness
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Healthcare forum:Oct 27, 2013 4:51 pm - The League of Women Voters-Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Area will present “Obamacare, Just the Facts, Part II” on Nov. 7, 7 to 8:30 p.m. It will be at First Presbyterian Churc...
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Schaumburg aims to better employees' health, livesOct 27, 2013 7:00 am - It's been five years since Schaumburg Police Officer Frank Russo died from undiagnosed hypertensive cardiovascular disease while trying to apprehend an unruly customer b...
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Parents shouldn’t get spooked by kids’ Halloween haulOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - Across the nation, parents like me are bracing for the annual sugar rush known as Halloween. I’ve got pounds of mini-treats to pass out to neighborhood goblins and ghoul...
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E-cigarette marketing seen threatened under FDA scrutinyOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The $1.5 billion U.S. electronic- cigarette industry has tripled sales this year with the help of TV ads, NASCAR sponsorships and product giveaways. Governm...
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IRS says 330,000 have gotten results on insurance websiteOct 26, 2013 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Despite the technical problems plaguing many of the new health insurance websites, the federal government has delivered 330,000 premium subsidy calculations...
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Donor egg pregnancies on the rise, study findsOct 26, 2013 6:00 am - CHICAGO — U.S. women are increasingly using donated eggs to get pregnant, with often good results, although the ideal outcome — a single baby born on time at a healthy w...
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Perfect health is a natural state of being but hard to attainOct 26, 2013 6:00 am - We are educated to believe that sickness is normal and natural — that everyone, at some point, will have something physically wrong with them. Yet, according to Dr. Pat...
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Health care website firm has cloudy connectionsOct 25, 2013 8:37 pm - WASHINGTON — The company chosen by the Obama administration to oversee the repair of the new federal health insurance website faced questions from lawmakers a year ago a...
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Bring old drugs to Hoffman Estates policeOct 25, 2013 8:07 pm - Hoffman Estates residents can drop off unwanted prescription drugs, including controlled substances, at a prescription drug disposal event hosted by police and the U.S. ...
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Affordable Care Act information sessionsOct 25, 2013 6:38 pm - The Grayslake Area Public Library is partnering with the Lake County Health Department to provide information about Enroll Lake County! and enrollment opportunities for ...