Health and Fitness
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FDA considers ban on hair-straightening chemicals
Oct 21, 2023 1:00 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on certain hair-straightening chemicals that have been used by Black women for years and that research shows m...
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Advisory panel to oversee new Wheeling District 21 community clinicOct 21, 2023 1:00 am - Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 will seek prospective appointees to an advisory board tasked with providing feedback and recommendations for the district's new ...
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Where can a stroke occur other than the brain? An Advocate neurosurgeon explainsOct 19, 2023 11:00 pm - You may be familiar with strokes affecting the brain due to a blocked or ruptured artery. But did you know strokes can also occur in other parts of the body, such as the...
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Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?
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Kane County offers webinar on ADHDOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - The Kane County System of Care will host a free webinar entitled "ADHD Perspectives: Pediatrician and Mental Health Therapist," for health clinicians, parents and commun...
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Heart procedure gives Round Lake woman relief after years of blood thinnersOct 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Sharon Chrobak, 80 of Round Lake, describes herself as a bleeder. Like many people, she was put on blood thinners after she had a stent in her heart, but because of her ...
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Patients, nurses reconnect at Special Care Nursery reunion at Northwestern Medicine Delnor HospitalOct 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital recently held the 27th reunion for families with children who stayed in the hospital's Special Care Nursery after birth. "We are so...
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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital opens retail pharmacyOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - Downers Grove, Ill. – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital opened a new retail pharmacy Monday morning (Oct. 16) on its campus, enabling discharged patients to have their pr...
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Fall vaccines: What to know about flu, COVID-19 and RSV shotsOct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - Flu season is lurking. COVID-19 still poses a threat. And cases of RSV have started popping up in a few states. For the first time, vaccines are available for all three ...
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How to prevent RSV in infantsOct 15, 2023 6:00 am - As we approach what is known as the typical Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) season, approximately October through May, Lurie Children's Infectious Diseases Physicians ...