Health and Fitness
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Northwest suburban mental health agencies say they’re hurt by state cutsAug 25, 2012 10:05 am - While the impact of state budget cuts on mental health clinics in Chicago and Tinley Park has received a lot attention, smaller, community-based services in the Northwes...
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Chinese turn to microblogs for donationsAug 25, 2012 8:17 am - BEIJING — Nine months after Ma Chunhua’s baby was born, bruises began appearing all over the daughter’s tiny frame. When doctors this spring diagnosed it as leukemia, Ma...
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New AIDS-like disease appearing in AsiansAug 25, 2012 6:00 am - Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are no...
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New state law governs dry-cleaning chemicalAug 24, 2012 3:24 pm - A new Illinois law will toughen safety measures on a chemical used by dry cleaners. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the measure Friday. It includes improved containment systems, b...
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Images: Lance Armstrong in recent yearsAug 24, 2012 12:29 am - Lance Armstrong said on Thursday he is finished fighting charges from the United States Anti-Doping Agency that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his unpreceden...
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Route 66 charity journey ends in Mt. ProspectAug 22, 2012 6:17 pm - After almost a month of cycling along Route 66 to raise money for a hospice in his hometown, Jim Windass of Hull, England, will arrive at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative ...
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UIC looking at link between zoning laws, fitnessAug 22, 2012 3:39 pm - Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago plan to study links between zoning laws and increases in physical activity. The university said Tuesday in a news re...
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Geneva car show gives back to cancer centerAug 22, 2012 9:02 am - Before the eighth annual Geneva Concours d’Elegance car show starts, fundraising events will be held for the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center. The Concours d’Elegance, ...
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Ex-hospital employee charged with harassing former psychiatric patientsAug 22, 2012 7:29 am - A former employee of Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital is being held on $50,000 bail on charges she took confidential medical records and used them to harass f...
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Head Start hosts free health fair:Aug 21, 2012 6:12 pm - The Community Action Partnership of Lake County’s Head Start program hosts a free health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 at the CAP Banquet & Meeting Cente...