Health and Fitness
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Florida company recalls sterile drugsApr 21, 2013 12:25 pm - LAKE MARY, Fla. — A Florida-based compounding pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expired drug products sold nationwide over concerns the produ...
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Officials urge parents to get kids vaccinatedApr 18, 2013 4:09 pm - State health officials are urging parents to make sure their children have received all their recommended vaccinations. The Illinois Department of Public Health says th...
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Another doctor linked to Sacred Heart Hospital chargedApr 18, 2013 4:06 pm - Another physician has been arrested in an ongoing investigation of Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital, prosecutors announced Thursday, days after initial arrests of its own...
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Mom and kid tasted, dietitian approvedApr 18, 2013 2:36 pm - As a mom with three little boys, I find myself in complete and utter survival mode. This means that my house is dirtier than I care to admit and I lean on packaged foods...
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Danni Allen to sing at Libertyville cancer care benefit concertApr 17, 2013 4:56 pm - Besides a determination to get healthy and lose weight, Wheeling resident Danni Allen can carry a tune. The winning contestant on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” television sh...
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Dispose of expired, unused prescription, OTC drugsApr 17, 2013 11:01 am - Among local towns participating in the Saturday, April 27, National Prescription Take-Back Initiative are Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove. The program provides an op...
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Doctors, hospital executives accused of kickback schemeApr 16, 2013 5:41 pm - At least two doctors at a Chicago hospital endangered patients by intentionally over-sedating them and performing unnecessary tracheotomies in a bid to boost profits, a ...
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Doctors ask for medical marijuana legalizationApr 16, 2013 5:15 pm - Nearly 250 Illinois physicians put their names behind a proposal Tuesday that would legalize marijuana for patients with serious illnesses, hoping to give a boost to the...
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March of Dimes recognizes Advocate Condell nurseApr 15, 2013 4:24 pm - Submitted by Advocate Condell Medical Center An Advocate Condell Medical Center nurse is one of five statewide to receive the March of Dimes’ 2013 Perinatal Nursing Exce...
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A new case in China adds unknowns to bird fluApr 15, 2013 9:28 am - BEIJING — A new case of bird flu in China’s capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 c...