Health and Fitness
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Parents shouldn’t get spooked by kids’ Halloween haulOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - Across the nation, parents like me are bracing for the annual sugar rush known as Halloween. I’ve got pounds of mini-treats to pass out to neighborhood goblins and ghoul...
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E-cigarette marketing seen threatened under FDA scrutinyOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The $1.5 billion U.S. electronic- cigarette industry has tripled sales this year with the help of TV ads, NASCAR sponsorships and product giveaways. Governm...
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IRS says 330,000 have gotten results on insurance websiteOct 26, 2013 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Despite the technical problems plaguing many of the new health insurance websites, the federal government has delivered 330,000 premium subsidy calculations...
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Donor egg pregnancies on the rise, study findsOct 26, 2013 6:00 am - CHICAGO — U.S. women are increasingly using donated eggs to get pregnant, with often good results, although the ideal outcome — a single baby born on time at a healthy w...
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Perfect health is a natural state of being but hard to attainOct 26, 2013 6:00 am - We are educated to believe that sickness is normal and natural — that everyone, at some point, will have something physically wrong with them. Yet, according to Dr. Pat...
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Health care website firm has cloudy connectionsOct 25, 2013 8:37 pm - WASHINGTON — The company chosen by the Obama administration to oversee the repair of the new federal health insurance website faced questions from lawmakers a year ago a...
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Bring old drugs to Hoffman Estates policeOct 25, 2013 8:07 pm - Hoffman Estates residents can drop off unwanted prescription drugs, including controlled substances, at a prescription drug disposal event hosted by police and the U.S. ...
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Affordable Care Act information sessionsOct 25, 2013 6:38 pm - The Grayslake Area Public Library is partnering with the Lake County Health Department to provide information about Enroll Lake County! and enrollment opportunities for ...
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North Dakota bishop exposes churchgoers to hepatitis AOct 25, 2013 5:24 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. — The bishop of the Fargo Catholic Diocese exposed some parishioners at North Dakota churches in Fargo, Grand Forks and Jamestown to the hepatitis A virus...
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FDA panel backs Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis C drugOct 25, 2013 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration advisers have unanimously voted in favor of a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that holds promise for m...