Health and Fitness
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Schools play catch-up as e-cigarettes catch onDec 08, 2013 5:55 am - WASHINGTON — When a teacher noticed what looked like smoke rising in her Eastern Middle School classroom one day this fall, she quickly investigated, finding an eighth-g...
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One girl's novel request for Make-A-WishDec 07, 2013 10:00 pm - When Make-A-Wish volunteers met with Ravina Thakkar in March 2010 to see if they could make her dream come true, the 10-year-old girl shocked them. “We're like 'Whoa,'” ...
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Gift honors late Buffalo Grove police and fire officialDec 07, 2013 10:00 pm - The Joint Commission is donating $10,000 to the village of Buffalo Grove in honor of Jerod Loeb, a Buffalo Grove fire and police commissioner since 2005, who lost his tw...
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Gene therapy scores big wins against blood cancersDec 07, 2013 1:04 pm - In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform pat...
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Operation North Pole a day to remember for sick kidsDec 07, 2013 11:00 am - A very special Metra train spreading a whole lot of holiday cheer — think jolly firemen, impish elves and a rambunctious Mrs. Santa — carried more than 60 children and f...
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Health care panel discusses consequences of ObamacareDec 07, 2013 8:52 am - A few dozen people turned out Saturday afternoon to share their concerns with the health care overhaul known as Obamacare and find out what the future might hold for the...
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FDA approves breakthrough hepatitis C drugDec 06, 2013 6:36 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal health officials have approved a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences Inc. that is expected to offer a faster, more palatable cu...
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Amish girl won’t be forced to renew chemoDec 06, 2013 4:03 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio — A court-appointed guardian is dropping her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy after she and her parents fled ...
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CDC: Water at Marine base linked to birth defectsDec 06, 2013 4:03 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — A long-awaited study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a link between tainted tap water at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North C...
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Actress to visit fundraiser for Mt. Prospect teacherDec 05, 2013 4:30 am - A group of teachers at Lions Park Elementary School in Mount Prospect has organized a fundraiser to help a longtime colleague in her battle with cancer. Linda Frahm, a t...