Health and Fitness
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Sleep apnea may have impact on dementiaAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Elderly women with sleep apnea, a disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep, have twice the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia than those without the ...
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Doctors develop better undertanding of migrainesAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — A 13-year-old patient once came to Dr. Robert Cowan with an unusual request: She wanted to go to an amusement park and she needed him to talk her mother ...
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Women face greater heart disease risk from smokingAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Women who smoke are 25 percent more likely than their male counterparts to develop heart disease, and the risk increases the longer women maintain the habit, according t...
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Starving cancer cells shows potentialAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University researchers have found a way to target and kill certain kinds of cancer cells by starving them to death, instead of blasting them wit...
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38 years of mouth ulcers tried patient's patienceAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Q. This isn't a question; it's more like a testimonial. I have been plagued with canker sores since I was 20 years old and five months' pregnant. I have been hospita...
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Stick-on patch proposed for patient monitoringAug 14, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — One day monitoring a patient’s vital signs like temperature and heart rate could be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch, sort of like a temporary...
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Health plan rules: What counts as an emergency?Aug 14, 2011 6:00 am - When is an emergency not an emergency? In health care, that can be a costly distinction. Emergency rooms are designed to live up to their names by treating life-threate...
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AIDS clinic volunteer from Hoffman Estates meets Michelle ObamaAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Wanderlust led Hoffman Estates native Peter Butzen to the Peace Corps, a journey which has changed his life and which led this summer to a meeting with first lady Michel...
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Holy Family Fun Fest has healthy objectiveAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Holy Family Medical Center’s third annual Family Fun Fest will welcome hundreds of families out for an afternoon of free activities and health screenings from 10 a.m...
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Age no barrier at Harper fitness programAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - Nothing stopped Sam and Bess Greco of Palatine from attending their oldest grandson's wedding on Saturday in Milwaukee. Certainly not their health. Although Sam turned 9...