Health and Fitness
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Once infertile, woman gives birth after surgeryOct 04, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — A 30-year-old infertile woman gave birth after surgeons removed her ovaries and reimplanted tissue they treated in a lab, researchers report. The experimental...
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Pills made from poop cure serious gut infectionsOct 03, 2013 10:00 am - Hold your nose and don't spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way t...
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Study confirms risks, benefits of hormone replacementOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - The longest, most comprehensive follow-up yet of women given hormone pills during landmark government research found many health risks faded and some unexpected benefits...
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How you can help your child through tummy troublesOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - Test stress? One too many pieces of holiday candy and sweets? Playoff panic? Overindulged at dinner? Food allergy or food poisoning? A bad bug going around the class? Co...
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Gurnee park board OKs borrowing $8.5 million for Gold's GymOct 03, 2013 5:30 am - Gurnee Park District commissioners have authorized borrowing $8.5 million for the purchase of the former Gold's Gym near the Tri-State Tollway. Board members at a meetin...
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Health plan prices on Illinois marketplace emergeOct 02, 2013 4:50 pm - Information on the prices of the health insurance policies available on the new Illinois marketplace is emerging, but slowly. The federal government released some prices...
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Get Covered Illinois sees more than 231,000 visitsOct 02, 2013 4:49 pm - Illinois officials say more than 231,000 people have visited the Get Covered Illinois website, many of them looking for information on new options for health insurance. ...
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Breast health: You’ve found a lump: Now what?Oct 02, 2013 3:41 pm - It’s something that every woman fears: finding a lump in her breast. While the fear is understandable, it may be comforting to know that not every lump signals cancer. I...
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Prostate cancer signsOct 02, 2013 3:40 pm - Watching for prostate cancer The bad news for men is that about one in six of them will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, according to Americ...
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Centegra Health System offers free prostate screeningOct 02, 2013 3:40 pm - In this year alone, the American Cancer Society estimates 238,590 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and 29,720 men will die of prostate cancer. “It is dish...