Health and Fitness
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Liberia expands Ebola treatment in capitalAug 16, 2014 1:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian authorities expanded Ebola treatment centers in the capital Saturday to cope with increasing numbers of patients, while two more airlines an...
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Aid group: Ebola outbreak like 'wartime'Aug 15, 2014 1:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa could last another six months, Doctors Without Borders said Friday, and an a...
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Report: CDC scientist kept quiet about flu blunderAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A government scientist kept silent about a potentially dangerous lab blunder and revealed it only after workers in another lab noticed something fishy, accord...
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'Fort Knox' security for Illinois marijuana tradeAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by fingerprint-recognition biometrics. It will be grown in enclosed, ...
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Pole dancers strip away stereotypes in championshipAug 14, 2014 5:30 am - This is not your pervy uncle's pole dancing - with leering men stuffing dollar bills into g-strings of topless women grinding on a stage to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Suga...
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Worst TB outbreak in 5 years hits Alabama prisonsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Health officials say Alabama's badly overcrowded prison system that is being sued over medical treatment of inmates is dealing with its worst outbreak...
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69 years, 151 pints: 'Mr. Blood Drop' keeps on givingAug 13, 2014 5:30 am - If there was one thing that made the blood donation Palatine resident George Serena gave Tuesday morning different from the 150 he's given in the past, it would probably...
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Doctors: Ebola drug poses 'impossible dilemma'Aug 13, 2014 1:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - Doctors treating a Sierra Leone physician with Ebola defended their decision not to give him an experimental drug, saying Wednesday they feared it was t...
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Study questions need for most people to cut saltAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - A large international study questions the conventional wisdom that most people should cut back on salt, suggesting that the amount most folks consume is OK for heart hea...
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Alexian, Loyola team up on expanded pediatric servicesAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights-based Alexian Brothers Health System and Maywood-based Loyola University Health System said Wednesday they are partnering to expand the reach of their ...