Health and Fitness
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Radioactive microbes used on tumor cellsMay 20, 2013 5:05 am - Despite the advances made against many types of cancer, pancreatic cancer remains grimly resistant to treatment. Only about 4 percent of patients survive for five years...
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Students ask parents to not serve alcoholMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - A huge percent of students from Maine Township do not approve of adults providing alcohol to teens. We believe parents should be the role model for teenagers and take ac...
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Your house might be making you sickMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor's great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many...
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Autism campaign needs advocatesMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - During April Autism Awareness month, many parents of children on the spectrum heard new statistics — that 1 in 50 children are now being diagnosed with autism. People ne...
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How to reduce cancer treatment's brutal side effectsMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - Chemotherapy, radiation and the use of radioactive follow-up tests aren't needed for some cancers, according to two studies that add to a growing debate on ways to lesse...
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Check for beach advisoriesMay 19, 2013 1:01 pm - From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Lake County beachgoers can access the latest information on Lake Michigan and inland lake beach advisories and swim bans at http://health...
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care lawMay 18, 2013 1:32 pm - WASHINGTON — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative...
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Flesh-eating disease victim gets bionic handsMay 17, 2013 8:08 pm - ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands. Andy Copelan...
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Lice outbreak in Cook County jailMay 17, 2013 6:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said Friday he has ordered isolation within a division of the Cook County Jail and a portion of Cermak Hospital after an outbreak of l...
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Illinois extends deadline for health guide grantsMay 17, 2013 4:48 pm - Community groups in Illinois have been given more time to apply for $28 million in grants to help consumers learn how to shop for health insurance that will be available...