Health and Fitness
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Child mortality down 41% since 1990Oct 08, 2012 6:00 am - Child mortality worldwide has fallen 41 percent since 1990, the result of myriad improvements in nutrition, access to vaccines and antibiotics, cleaner deliveries, bette...
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Vaccines easier than ever to getOct 08, 2012 5:00 am - A Sept. 21 Daily Herald editorial points out the need for ongoing diligence — and possible policy changes — to fight the whooping cough epidemic among children. We would...
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Diabetes pill from 1958 shows promise as new cancer drugOct 08, 2012 5:00 am - The next new treatment for breast, colon and prostate cancers, among others, may be a diabetes drug first approved in 1958. Metformin, the most commonly used medicine to...
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Palatine women’s group to hold ‘Obamacare’ forumOct 07, 2012 3:34 pm - The League of Women’s Voters Palatine Area will host a nonpartisan information meeting, “Obamacare”, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Palatine police station c...
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Oldest old-timer for decades, Downers Grove hockey player retires at 81Oct 07, 2012 8:00 am - A fast sport played on thin steel blades, with long wooden sticks and a hard rubber puck sliding across cold, unforgiving ice, hockey is game that takes its toll on an...
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CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7Oct 06, 2012 2:04 pm - ATLANTA — Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven. In updated figures posted to its website Sat...
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Doctors say spine shots for steroids are usually safeOct 05, 2012 5:10 pm - Millions of people get steroid shots in their backs to relieve pain. Now they are probably wondering if it’s safe. In 23 states, hundreds, possibly thousands, of back-p...
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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47Oct 05, 2012 5:10 pm - NEW YORK — Health officials have identified about 75 medical clinics across the country to help track down patients who got steroid shots linked to a deadly meningitis o...
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Palatine Twp. taking Mobile Dental Clinic applicationsOct 05, 2012 4:19 pm - The Palatine Township General Assistance Office is currently taking applications for its Mobile Dental Clinic. A dentist and dental assistant staff the 40-foot-long van ...
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Steroid linked to meningitis outbreak was sent to Chicago areaOct 05, 2012 4:12 pm - A medical practice specializing in pain management has notified about 200 Chicago-area patients who may have received injections of a steroid medication linked to an out...