Health and Fitness
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Smartphone apps remind patients to take their medsApr 19, 2014 8:11 am - Medicine only helps if you take it properly. And adhering to an exact schedule of what to take, and when, can be challenging for patients who are forgetful or need to ta...
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Spike in mumps cases reported across IllinoisApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Public health officials are investigating a sharp increase in the number of mumps cases recorded in central Illinois. There have been 52 cases of the viral...
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Medicaid paid $12 million for dead people in IllinoisApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - The Illinois Medicaid program paid an estimated $12 million for medical services for people listed as deceased in other state records, according to an internal state gov...
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Under medical marijuana rules, patients would pay $100 feeApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois regulators crafting the first rules for the state's new medical marijuana industry have lowered patient fees and deleted a section that had angered gun owners -...
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Illinois prisons to use costly hepatitis C drugApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois prison officials will be using an effective, but costly, new drug to treat inmates with hepatitis C, therapy that could cost tens of millions of d...
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Town hall at Mundelein High:Apr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Mundelein High School will host a town hall-style discussion on May 8 about teen drug and alcohol use. The gathering will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria...
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Illinois medical marijuana rules drop gun languageApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois regulators finalizing the state's conditions for medical marijuana have removed a proposed rule that would have barred legal gun owners from becoming cannabis-u...
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'Epidemic' of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hearsApr 17, 2014 1:00 am - Members of the recently formed Illinois House Task Force on Heroin spent more than three hours in Arlington Heights Thursday morning hearing testimony about treatment an...
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Kirk promotes stroke research funding, treatmentsApr 16, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk on Wednesday called for more funding for research to decrease the risk of strokes and to treat those who have them. The Republican from Highland Park...
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Chicagoland's First MEND Infant Loss Support Group to Meet in SchaumburgApr 15, 2014 11:00 pm - Chicagoland's First MEND Infant Loss Support Group to Meet in Schaumburg The first MEND (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death) support group in the Chicagoland area will be o...