Health and Fitness
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Slow and steady the best way to lose weightNov 11, 2012 4:45 am - Small changes can make a difference! We know that one must burn approximately 3,500 calories to lose one little pound of fat. Such a daunting task makes it tempting for ...
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India wages hi-tech war on ancient TB scourgeNov 10, 2012 5:32 pm - NEW DELHI — Shammo Khan walks into a dusty courtyard that reeks of garbage, searching for the fingerprint of a man exhausted by HIV, drug withdrawal and the tuberculosis...
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Weather extremes: Climate models predict dire futureNov 09, 2012 5:58 pm - By Brian Vastag/The Washington Post Climate scientists agree the Earth will be hotter by the end of the century, but their simulations don’t agree on how much. Now a new...
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Illinois selects 8 managed care companiesNov 09, 2012 3:48 pm - Eight managed care companies have been selected to coordinate the health care of an estimated 136,000 high-cost Illinois patients who are eligible for both Medicare and ...
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Free diabetes screeening in Arlington Hts.Nov 09, 2012 1:12 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge will be provide free diabetes screenings to local residents 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the lobby of Village Bank & T...
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Buffalo Grove’s OMNI substance abuse program expandsNov 09, 2012 12:12 pm - Buffalo Grove-based OMNI Youth Services has received a $50,000 grant from the Baxter International Foundation to expand its substance abuse program into three local high...
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Free health screeningNov 08, 2012 4:41 pm - Rosalind Franklin University Health System’s mobile health unit, Community Care Connection, will be at Central Lake YMCA, 700 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills, on Monday, ...
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Flu shots for foodNov 08, 2012 4:38 pm - “Free Flu Shots for Food” will be offered on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, at all three of Advocate Condell’s Immediate Care Centers. Every person 18 years and...
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Illinois hospital tax break costs $10 millionNov 08, 2012 3:00 pm - A little-noticed tax break for investor-owned hospitals that was tucked into a deal last spring aimed at saving the Illinois Medicaid program from collapse will cost the...
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Chicago fertility clinic didn’t test donors for STDs, FDA saysNov 07, 2012 6:05 pm - Federal regulators have sent a warning letter to a Chicago fertility doctor, citing his clinic’s failure to meet standards for screening egg donors for sexually transmit...