Health and Fitness
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Doctor on demand: How app culture is reviving the house call
Jul 23, 2017 7:20 am - Alison Mintzer and her family were on a flight from New York to Los Angeles when her daughter complained that she felt sick. By the time they landed, Mintzer's normally...
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What every senior should know: Medicare and rehabJul 23, 2017 7:20 am - What's worse for a senior than getting hospitalized and then having to go for rehab? Learning that Medicare won't cover your rehab because of a technicality. It's on...
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CEO's response on sick day for mental health goes viral
Jul 23, 2017 7:18 am - Recently an utterly human response from a CEO to his employee who was taking time off to cope with mental-health issues took the Internet by storm. It prompted thousands...
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Exercising as you age: don't stop, be smartJul 23, 2017 7:00 am - You're not as young as you used to be. You feel it when you're out for a run with your dog or out on the golf course with friends. However, exercise plays a significant...
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Low BMI could lengthen healing time, according to study on athletes with fractures
Jul 22, 2017 7:30 am - Samantha Strong knows stress fractures. A former collegiate triathlete and high school runner, the 22-year old graduate student estimates she had eight or nine over her ...
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Global rise of yellow fever necessitates vaccine increaseJul 22, 2017 7:30 am - Q: I read that hospitals in the United States might run out of yellow fever vaccine soon. I'm a natural worrier, but I can't help wondering if yellow fever really is an ...
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Snake charms researchers with possibilities of blood clot preventionJul 22, 2017 7:30 am - The lethal venom of a Southeast Asian pit viper is being considered to help create a new class of antiplatelet drugs that could prevent dangerous blood clots. Researcher...
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Network provides access to care for travelersJul 22, 2017 7:00 am - Hello Alvin, a health care network providing consumers and their families direct access to quality care via mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets and computers,...
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Fit America Fest concludes Sunday in Hoffman EstatesJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - Running events highlighted the Fit America Fest in Hoffman Estates Saturday. Sponsored by Amita Health, the village and the Hoffman Estates Park District, the fest inclu...
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West Nile found in Lake CountyJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A batch of mosquitoes sampled July 14 in Zion has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Lake County Health Department reported Friday in a news release. It is the fir...