Health and Fitness
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Vaccine can reduce severity even after you've had shinglesSep 15, 2014 5:45 am - Q: I've already had shingles. Do I still need to get a shingles vaccine? A: Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once you have had chickenpox, th...
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Rampant Ebola fear takes toll on Africa tourismSep 14, 2014 11:00 pm - KAMPALA, Uganda - Ebola is thousands of miles away from Kenya's pristine Indian Ocean beaches, but the deadly disease appears to be discouraging tourism there and elsewh...
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Google buys startup Lift Labs to expand disease researchSep 14, 2014 7:11 am - Bloomberg News Google Inc. is acquiring health- technology startup Lift Labs to add to its Google X research unit, as the company pursues new methods to address neurodeg...
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Be aware: How quickly viruses can spreadSep 14, 2014 7:00 am - Viruses can spread from a single doorknob to 40 percent to 60 percent of surfaces and people in a building in just a few hours, according to a new study. Researchers put...
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Arlington police accepting unwanted drugsSep 14, 2014 1:01 am - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Arlington Heights Police Department will coordinate efforts to remove potentially dangerous drugs from homes. The nint...
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iPhones with bigger screens may find eager buyers among seniorsSep 13, 2014 7:22 am - Eden Adams, 65, is ready to upgrade after using her iPhone for about three years. The schoolteacher from Fremont, California, had looked at her daughter's Samsung Electr...
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Study: Teens who smoke pot daily less likely to complete high schoolSep 13, 2014 7:00 am - Teenagers who smoke marijuana daily are more than 60 percent less likely to complete high school than those who never use. They're also 60 percent less likely to graduat...
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Special wedding guest: Man who saved groom's lifeSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - MINNEAPOLIS - When Adam Myers and Sloan Braith get married Saturday, they'll have a special guest present: the man whose bone marrow made their big day possible. Jeremy ...
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NCH CEO to meet with suburban seniorsSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - Local seniors will soon have the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of Arlington Heights-based Northwest Community Healthcare for a discussion about health care needs ...
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Hospitals, doctors 'crazy' busy with virus sweeping suburbsSep 11, 2014 1:00 am - Virus going around is 'not a reason to panic,' suburban doctors say