Health and Fitness
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Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study findsJun 02, 2013 5:42 pm - MUMBAI, India — A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is...
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FDA set to clamp down on caffeine in foodJun 01, 2013 8:57 pm - Who needs coffee for breakfast when you can pour Wired Wyatt’s caffeinated maple syrup over your Wired Waffles? Remember Cracker Jack? This year saw the advent of Cracke...
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Regulators OK nutritional labels on alcohol drinksJun 01, 2013 5:22 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON — Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there. The Tr...
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Gurnee Park District plans to take over Gold’s GymMay 31, 2013 5:31 pm - Gurnee Park District plans to expand its fitness portfolio by purchasing a Gold’s Gym building near the Tri-State Tollway for $9.1 million, officials announced Friday. ...
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2 new infections tied to steroid shotsMay 31, 2013 4:23 pm - Illinois health officials say they’re investigating two additional reports of patients developing abscesses after receiving potentially contaminated steroid injections a...
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Pig in a wheelchair inspires othersMay 31, 2013 1:45 pm - SUMTERVILLE, Fla. — In many circumstances, a piglet without the use of its hind legs would be put down. But Chris P. Bacon’s unusual condition has made him an internatio...
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Duckworth aims to be ’illustration of what you can truly do’May 31, 2013 5:30 am - WASHINGTON — Jeff Person, a Falls, Va., native on his fifth internship at the U.S. Capitol, wheeled into freshman U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s office several weeks ago an...
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Like your health care policy? You may be losing itMay 30, 2013 10:00 am - WASHINGTON — Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to t...
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Grayslake approves senior facility for routes 45 and 120May 29, 2013 4:23 pm - Grayslake officials have approved an assisted living and memory care complex that would rise near the southeast corner of routes 45 and 120. BMA Management Ltd., based i...
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UIC to insure student sex changesMay 29, 2013 3:59 pm - Starting this fall, the student health insurance plan at the University of Illinois-Chicago will cover sex-change surgery. University trustees agreed to allow the covera...