Health and Fitness
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Study links ADHD to a chemicalNov 22, 2014 6:01 am - More than 11 percent of school-age children in the United States have been given diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, a rate markedly higher than a dec...
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Pediatric kidney stone disease on the riseNov 22, 2014 6:01 am - Even in medicine, first impressions don't always reveal the truth. A usually very healthy teenager had gone to a local clinic complaining of pain and burning with urinat...
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Latinos are the group with largest uninsured populationNov 22, 2014 6:01 am - WASHINGTON - In the waiting room at La Clinica del Pueblo, a community health center in Washington, signs in Spanish encourage patients to "Empower yourself!" and sign u...
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Wolves GM leads charge against epilepsyNov 21, 2014 10:01 am - Matthew Young is just like any other 23-year-old. He's quick with a carefree laugh or a quip, and he's full of ambition and hope in his chosen profession as a freelance...
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Heart ailment fundraiser Sunday in PalatineNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - A fundraiser to raise money for scholarships and to foster heart tests for student athletes, conducted in honor of a student athlete who died of an undetected heart ailm...
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Des Moines struggling with nitrates in waterNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - Two rivers that supply water to 500,000 people in the Des Moines area show nitrate levels spiking to levels that make it unsafe for some to drink, a c...
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Boil order in effect in Hawthorn Woods, Forest Lake and GlennshireNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - Lake County officials have issued a boil order for homes in Hawthorn Woods, Forest Lake, and Glennshire after a power outage shut down electrical service at an important...
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Harper, CLC both going 100% smoke-free Jan. 1Nov 20, 2014 4:30 am - Smoking is social, says Harper College student Ian Craig, a way to meet friends in between classes. The Hoffman Estates native is confined to certain slivers of the Pala...
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Early statin use may give long-term heart benefitsNov 20, 2014 12:01 am - Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug for five years in middle age can lower heart and death risks for decades afterward, and the benefits seem to grow over time, a landmar...
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Northwest Community gets new surgical robot technologyNov 20, 2014 12:01 am - Northwest Community Healthcare surgeons recently performed the first surgeries in the Chicago area using the new da Vinci XI technology - a four-armed robot that offers ...