Health and Fitness
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Researchers test device to help deaf children detect soundsFeb 12, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children. Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the fir...
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How much lead is in your chocolate?Feb 12, 2015 5:00 am - If you have been happily snarfing down chocolate in recent years, secure in the knowledge that those flavonols were at least doing good things for your heart, today ...
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Health-conscious firms develop hub in Arlington Hts.Feb 12, 2015 12:00 am - A community of health-conscious businesses is growing and supporting one another in downtown Arlington Heights. With Pure Juice Cafe, Pulsation Yoga and Rush Performance...
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Study ties more deaths, types of disease, to smokingFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each y...
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Brain stents show big promise for certain stroke patientsFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - Stroke experts are reporting a major advance: Stents similar to the ones used to open clogged heart arteries also can be used to clear a blood clot in the brain, greatly...
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'Healthy Driven' in new name for Naperville MarathonFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - “Healthy Driven” is not only the name of the marketing campaign for Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, but now it's part of the new moniker for the third running of a marathon ...
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Two more measles cases from Palatine day care centerFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - Two more infants from a Palatine day care center have measles, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Illinois to 10, health officials said Tuesday afternoon. C...
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Kraft's Capri Sun to drop high-fructose corn syrupFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Foods says it will start sweetening its Capri Sun drinks with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. The Northfield-based company says the chan...
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Redefining chronic fatigue with better diagnosis, new nameFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome - and influential government advisers say it's time to replace that hated name, too,...
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Young heart surgery survivor thrivesFeb 09, 2015 4:45 am - February marks the national celebration of American Heart Month and volunteers around the country and across the suburbs are teaming up to raise awareness in a variety o...