Health and Fitness
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AP: U.S. health care unprepared for EbolaOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases could overwhelm parts of the...
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Sandy's mental health impact looms largeOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - LONG BEACH, N.Y. - Kathy and Mark Michaels huddled in the attic of their Long Beach home as Superstorm Sandy turned streets into canals, ripped apart the iconic boardwal...
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Hoffman Estates offering flu shotsOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - The Hoffman Estates Department of Health and Human Services will offer Quadrivalent vaccines to protect adults and children (must be 6 months old) against four strains o...
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Hanover Twp. holding health screenings at Illinois Welcoming CenterOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - The new Illinois Welcoming Center in Hanover Park will provide screenings for anemia, blood pressure and diabetes Nov. 13. The state-funded facility, geared toward immig...
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Funding to tame an Ebola outbreak has fallen shortOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - The nation's preparedness effort to fight outbreaks of Ebola and other infectious diseases has been underfunded and lacking in political will and commitment. "We don't r...
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Lake County to receive new device for heroin overdose fightOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - Some Lake County police officers may get to use a new device as part of the fight against heroin overdoses. Police in at least 28 Lake County departments have been train...
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Nurse who had Ebola released from hospitalOct 28, 2014 1:00 am - ATLANTA — A Dallas nurse who flew from Texas to Ohio and back before being diagnosed with Ebola was released from an Atlanta hospital Tuesday after tests showed she's vi...
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Heart rate monitors track physical activity in Hawthorn District 73Oct 27, 2014 11:00 pm - Hawthorn Middle School South students head into the locker rooms with what appears like a skip in their step and change into gym uniforms that include a Polar H7 heart r...
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'Baby-friendly' hospitals: Moms give new measures mixed reviewsOct 27, 2014 5:45 am - At the growing number of hospitals in the United States that are certified as “baby-friendly,” the naked, often unbathed infant is put on the mother's bare chest within ...
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Local hospitals strive to offer a balance of maternity optionsOct 27, 2014 5:45 am - No hospitals in the Northwest suburbs currently have "baby-friendly" certification. But, officials at some local hospitals say they are adopting new policies to promote ...