Health and Fitness
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Medicaid chief faces parents of medically fragile childrenJul 11, 2012 5:24 pm - Aftershocks of the $1.6 billion budget cut continued Wednesday as Illinois Medicaid officials faced worried parents of medically fragile children at simultaneous meeting...
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Retired judge sues over new health care chargesJul 10, 2012 4:17 pm - SPRINGFIEL — A retired judge is suing over a new law that will begin charging some state retires for health insurance. Gordon Maag is a retired appellate judge who lost ...
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Lake County reports first indicator of West Nile virusJul 10, 2012 3:51 pm - A batch of mosquitoes sampled July 6 in Mundelein tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first indicator of its presence here, Lake County health officials reporte...
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Advocate Condell goes mobile with iTriageJul 10, 2012 8:10 am - In response to the growing number of smartphone users, Advocate Condell Medical Center has partnered with iTriage® — a one-stop health care app that lets consumers quick...
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Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Lake CountyJul 09, 2012 11:00 pm - A mosquito pool (or batch of mosquitoes), sampled July 6 in Mundelein, has tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquito pool is the first confirmed indicator of the...
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Abuse of painkillers increases in U.S., study findsJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - Taking prescription painkillers without a medical need increased 75 percent from 2002 to 2010, and most users were men, according to the first study to look at who is li...
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Meditation putting pain, stress to restJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - Tough guy Mike Gluchowski balked at even the thought of meditation. But as he looked at his dozen prescription medications for his chronic pain and post-traumatic stress...
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New optimism about stemming spread of AIDSJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world. Yet more than 20,000 international H...
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Social media in health care creates risks, benefitsJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - An increasing number of doctors are talking to their patients about medical concerns on social networks. Physicians are adding patients as friends on Facebook and discus...
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Your health: More than pulling our weightJul 09, 2012 6:00 am - A weighty issue Most of the world's fat is concentrated in one place, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. They're looking at us, America. A study this month f...