Health and Fitness
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April is STD Awareness MonthApr 01, 2012 11:00 pm - DUPAGE COUNTY- April is Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Awareness month, an annual observance to call attention to the impact of STDs and to promote STD testing acro...
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When a child is sick, but not extremely sickApr 01, 2012 11:00 pm - To send your snot-nosed, hacking child to school or not: That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to miss yet another round of critical meetings, deadlines or social ob...
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Vets say dogs, cats turn old halfway through lifeApr 01, 2012 6:45 am - LOS ANGELES — Age may creep up on man, but his best friend gets there at warp speed. Going from pup to grandpup doesn’t leave much prime time under American Veterinary M...
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Proton cancer therapy comes at a costMar 30, 2012 4:11 pm - Imagine a prostate cancer therapy that has almost no side effects. Hospitals say it exists and they’re vying to be among the first to offer it. Too bad the treatment may...
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FDA rejects call to ban BPAMar 30, 2012 4:05 pm - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A from all f...
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College of Lake County to color it blue for autismMar 29, 2012 12:38 pm - The College of Lake County will be lit up in blue on Monday, April 2, as the college participates for the first time in Global Autism Awareness Day. The “Light It Up Blu...
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Lawmakers of both parties see signs they’ll win health rulingMar 27, 2012 9:50 pm - Republicans and Democrats in Congress said they saw signs of eventual victory as the U.S. Supreme Court finished the second of three days of arguments on the 2010 health...
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Health-care law fact checkMar 27, 2012 9:46 pm - The health care law “is going to come with a price tag pretty hefty, of $1.76 trillion. That’s twice as much as originally thought.” — Voice-over in new National Republ...
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Court case won’t end GOP attacks on ‘Obamacare’Mar 27, 2012 9:37 pm - The Supreme Court is much on Mitch McConnell’s mind these days. The Senate minority leader, a Kentucky Republican, just finished reading Jean Edward Smith’s biography of...
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Single drug shows promise against cancerMar 27, 2012 7:19 pm - A single drug can shrink or cure human breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver and prostate tumors that have been transplanted into mice, researchers have found. Th...