Health and Fitness
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Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortionsOct 04, 2012 4:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded Thursday, offering strong evidence for how a bitter...
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Court opens door to divorce for mentally disabledOct 04, 2012 4:06 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court opened the door Thursday to divorce for people who need guardians because of mental disabilities. For years, Illinois has barred...
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Research on mice suggests new fertility treatmentsOct 04, 2012 1:58 pm - NEW YORK — Scientists have turned mouse skin cells into eggs that produced baby mice — a technique that, if successfully applied to humans, could someday allow women to ...
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Hundreds seen at risk in meningitis outbreakOct 04, 2012 9:30 am - NEW YORK — The potential scope of the meningitis outbreak that has killed at least five people widened dramatically Thursday as health officials warned that hundreds, pe...
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Editorial: Beyond just taking the car keys awayOct 04, 2012 5:52 am - As school was letting out in a Los Angeles neighborhood a few weeks ago, a 100-year-old driver accidentally backed his Cadillac onto a sidewalk and hit 11 people, seriou...
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Baby bust continues: Births down for 4th yearOct 03, 2012 3:21 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. births fell for the fourth year in a row, the government reported Wednesday, with experts calling it more proof that the weak economy has continued to da...
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West Nile cases on the rise in Kane CountyOct 03, 2012 1:07 pm - The number of Kane County residents who have contracted the potentially-fatal West Nile virus has nearly doubled in recent days. County health department officials Wedne...
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YMCA 5K walk/run canceledOct 03, 2012 10:57 am - The Lake County Family YMCA’s 5K walk/run originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6 has been canceled, YMCA officials have announced. The event was scheduled to begin at...
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Lake County task force gets grant to target youth drinking, drug useOct 03, 2012 9:50 am - A national grant worth $625,000 over the next five years will help a Lake County task force reduce and prevent youth substance abuse and underage drinking, officials sai...
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Mundelein Seminary hosts ‘Addiction and Recovery’ workshopOct 02, 2012 2:42 pm - “Addiction and Recovery” will be the topic of a free workshop from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4, at Mundelein Seminary Conference Center, 1000 E. Maple Ave., Munde...