Health and Fitness
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ECC gets new mammography equipmentOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - Elgin Community College has acquired state-of-the-art digital mammography equipment to provide students hands-on training experience, officials said. The college started...
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Walk to End Alzheimer's:Oct 10, 2014 1:01 am - The Alzheimer's Association's Walk to End Alzheimer's is Sunday, Oct. 12, at Independence Grove Forest Preserve, 16400 Buckley Road, Libertyville. More than 700 people f...
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Recovery Programs through ThresholdsOct 09, 2014 11:00 pm - The National Alliance on Mental Illness - Cook County North Suburban invites the public to ""Recovery Programs through Thresholds." Meet Alicia Kon, Program Director fo...
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U.S. military planes arrive at epicenter of EbolaOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - Six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone Thursday with more Marines, as West Africa's leaders pleaded for the world's help in dealing w...
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Ebola patient's death renews questions about careOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - The death of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States renewed questions about his medical care and whether Thomas Eric Duncan's life could have be...
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Spanish Ebola patient's doctor lays out procedure shortfallsOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - A doctor who cared for the Spanish woman infected with the Ebola said the sleeves on his protective suit were too short, highlighting weaknesses in treatment protocol th...
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Airport screening for Ebola: 5 things to knowOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced Wednesday that airline passengers arriving from the three West African countries experiencing an unprecedented Ebola outb...
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1st Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has diedOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a little more than a week after his diagnosis exposed gaps in the na...
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6,300 Illinoisans apply to use medical marijuanaOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois doctors have signed off on Illinois medical marijuana for patients with cancer, severe fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. ...
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Illinois' top doctor says state prepared for EbolaOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois' top doctor said Wednesday that the state is ready to test people for Ebola, but he called a proposal from two Chicago aldermen to screen all international pass...