Health and Fitness
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Circle these dates: Health law’s key tests in 2014Dec 29, 2013 4:04 am - WASHINGTON — The new year brings the big test of President Barack Obama’s beleaguered health care law: Will it work? The heart of the law springs to life Wednesday, afte...
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Facility found for Calif. teen family wants to keep alive on ventilatorDec 28, 2013 6:42 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. — An attorney says a nursing home has agreed to provide long-term care for a 13-year-old girl, who has been declared brain dead but whose family maintain...
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Health law’s millions of beneficiaries see relief from worryDec 28, 2013 6:19 pm - Adam Peterson’s life is about to change. For the first time in years, he is planning to do things he could not have imagined. He intends to have surgery to remove his ga...
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Under health law, vending machines to start showing calories in 2014Dec 28, 2013 4:05 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Office workers in search of snacks will be counting calories along with their change under new labeling regulations for vending machines included in Pres...
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Prospectors seek fortune in legal potDec 28, 2013 6:45 am - SEATTLE — Dot-bong, Marijuana Inc., the Green Rush: Call it what you will, the burgeoning legal marijuana industry in Washington state is drawing pot prospectors of all ...
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Lutheran General finds, stops bacteria sourceDec 27, 2013 3:54 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge is asking patients who had a specific procedure performed earlier this year to be screened for a potential infection tha...
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Swine flu detected in IllinoisDec 27, 2013 3:15 pm - Flu viruses are spreading in Illinois, and the leading strain that’s being detected in lab tests is H1N1. That’s the same “swine flu” strain that caused a pandemic in 20...
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Death Valley puts brakes on running, cycling racesDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - LOS ANGELES — It’s the hottest, hardest, most grueling foot race in the world, says Shannon Farar-Griefer, who has run the Badwater 135 ultramarathon through Death Valle...
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Longtime Geneva friends encourage kidney swapsDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - What’s the best present your best friend ever gave you? Few can match what Rachel Duff of Geneva gave Mandi Davis in November: A kidney. In a roundabout way. Duff took a...
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Tablets a hit with kids, but experts worryDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - NEW YORK — Tablet computers are so easy to use that even a 3-year-old can master them. And that has some pediatricians and other health experts worried. Since navigatin...