Health and Fitness
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Park district Groupons can beat residents' ratesDec 22, 2011 10:00 pm - A smattering of suburban park districts has entered the world of deeply discounted online daily deals in the hope of luring more users. But the effort to boost the botto...
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Illinois infant had same infection as formula recallDec 21, 2011 11:00 pm - An Illinois infant is recovering from the same unusual bacterial infection that prompted a nationwide voluntary recall of baby formula. The Illinois Department of Public...
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Nurses authorize strikeDec 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Nurses at University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago have voted to authorize a strike as recommended by union negotiators. Illinois Nurses Association spokesman Ch...
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France ponders removing risky breast implantsDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - PARIS — French health authorities are considering whether to suggest that an estimated 30,000 women in France get their breast implants removed, amid warnings by leading...
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Mom, daughter give birth six hours apartDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - When Jessica Rotter's 17-year-old daughter, Briana Guerrero, revealed she was pregnant, Rotter stayed calm. A week later, the 35-year-old Elgin mother of three found ou...
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Vaccinating boys against HPV makes senseDec 19, 2011 5:00 am - Q. I know it's recommended that young girls get vaccinated against HPV, since this virus can cause cervical cancer. What about boys? At one time I read it was not re...
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Check in before you check out of a hospitalDec 19, 2011 5:00 am - Hospitals cannot reduce readmission rates on their own. Success will depend on a coordinated approach involving primary-care doctors, pharmacists, an improved system of ...
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Hospital stays for heart failure decreaseDec 19, 2011 5:00 am - Hospital stays for heart failure fell a remarkable 30 percent in Medicare patients over a decade, the first such decline in the United States and forceful evidence that ...
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New method boosts blood-clotting in hemophiliacsDec 19, 2011 5:00 am - ATLANTA — In what's being called a landmark study, researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat six patients with severe hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder. Th...
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Holiday foods a challenge even for nutrition prosDec 19, 2011 12:00 am - Health and nutrition professionals are not immune to holiday heaviness, even though they have training and knowledge about how to eat well and take care of themselves. B...