Health and Fitness
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Skin as fragile as butterfly's wings: the 'worst disease you've never heard of'
Jun 11, 2017 7:30 am - Every morning, Kevin Federici pulls on a head lamp, sterilizes a sewing needle and prepares to prick his baby girl all over her tiny body. She fights him with everything...
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10 ways to prevent medical errors from happening to youJun 11, 2017 7:20 am - You count on doctors and hospitals to protect your heath. But unthinkably, sometimes the opposite happens. Medical error is now the third leading cause of death in th...
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Camaraderie the watchword at Esprit de She in NapervilleJun 11, 2017 1:00 am - Camaraderie and community were just as important as competition Sunday at the Gildan Esprit de She Naperville Triathlon. As contestants battled the water, the pedal and ...
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Pigeons as radiologists? It's not as far-fetched as you thinkJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Although this may sound far-fetched, the next person reading your mammogram may actually be a pigeon. I recently read a medical study evaluating the ability of pigeons t...
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Combo of smaller meds may just be the dose to lower blood pressureJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Combined smaller doses of blood pressure medications may be effective with fewer side effects than standard single doses, according to preliminary research. In the first...
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Organic compound MSM could help with arthritis painJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Q: A friend suggested I try MSM crystals for arthritis. What are they, and do they work? If they do, where can I find them? A: Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is an organic ...
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Breast-feeding counseling program sees positive resultsJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Six months after instituting its NorthShore Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Community Program, Evanston Hospital did an evaluation of the program that shows it is already h...
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Fathers sing more to daughters and roughhouse with sons, study finds
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Naperville nonprofit shares lung cancer truth: It happens to nonsmokers, tooJun 10, 2017 1:00 am - What caused Janice Lamb McArdle to get lung cancer never was determined. But what didn't cause the disease that took her life in 2008 has been at the forefront of her fa...
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Athletico Physical Therapy opens Manteno locationJun 07, 2017 1:00 am - MANTENO - Athletico Physical Therapy opened a new location at 183 N. Main St. in Manteno, expanding its quality of care throughout the south suburbs of Chicago. "Having...