Health and Fitness
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Even brief exposure to animals may be good for youDec 19, 2014 5:00 am - With final exams bearing down on them this month, nearly 1,000 students at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond turned out for “Paws for Stress” — a chance to pe...
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FDA approves AbbVie combo hepatitis C treatmentDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - TRENTON, N.J. - Patients with chronic hepatitis C have a new option for treating the liver-damaging virus, with the approval of a combination treatment developed by AbbV...
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Laptop with 2,800 Northwestern Memorial patients' records stolenDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Northwestern Memorial Healthcare issued a notice Friday about a possible security breach after a laptop with the records of approximately 2,800 patients was stolen. In a...
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Edward Hospital's nurses awarded top 'magnet' statusDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - The 1,200 nurses at Edward Hospital in Naperville did some celebrating Friday after learning their hospital received magnet status for the third time from the American N...
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Mundelein High School drops national lunch program starting Feb. 1Dec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Mundelein High School is dropping out of a federal school lunch program. The move, effective Feb. 1, should give students more food options, officials said. But it a...
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Shriners, University of Illinois sign agreementDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Associated Press CHICAGO - The Chicago Shriners Hospital and the University of Illinois health system have signed an affiliation agreement. The organizations announced t...
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Napster co-founder to invest on allergy researchDec 18, 2014 5:11 am - SAN FRANCISCO - The Silicon Valley entrepreneur says that now that he is the father of two small children who have a genetic basis to develop allergies he wants to help ...
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Bartlett nurse-to-be, Elgin minister credited with saving truck driverDec 18, 2014 4:30 am - John "Jack" Dempsey saved his doctor's note. After surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, the cancer that had spread from his colon to both his lungs was in remission, his...
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St. Patrick reopens after flu outbreak:Dec 18, 2014 12:01 am - St. Patrick Catholic School in Wadsworth reopened Thursday after closing earlier in the week due to a flu outbreak. According to the administration office, about 25 perc...
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Officials: Nearly 600 Oak Park students out sickDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Officials say nearly 600 students in Oak Park Elementary School District 97 have missed school because of illness. The district said about 10 percent of its students and...