Health and Fitness
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Suburban charities, hospitals keep watchful eye on EbolaAug 18, 2014 5:00 am - Lake Forest College adjunct professor Helen Bond usually takes some students along on her yearly trips to Guinea, where they study west African drumming, and she works t...
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4 keys to appealing a rejected insurance claimAug 17, 2014 7:31 am - Keep calm and take notes. Stay true to this principle and you can improve your odds of successfully fighting a health insurer's claim rejection. Experts who help with ...
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Watch out for insect bites, stings this summerAug 17, 2014 6:00 am - During the "dog days" of summer, families must be watchful for infections carried by mosquitoes and ticks, such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and insect bites. Let'...
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Short on time? Try this workoutAug 17, 2014 5:45 am - How much time must you commit to exercise for it to be effective? This is obviously dependent on your goals, but a recent study found health benefit in as little as fiv...
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Relay running: 200 miles long and 36 legsAug 16, 2014 6:00 am - To complete a mythical journey, one needs the following: a series of impossible tasks, a fairly accurate map and, most important, companions united in a common goal. And...
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More women opting to ingest placenta after birthAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - The time has come, it seems, for the placenta to get its due. For too long, the lowly organ has been simply an afterthought. Er, afterbirth. For 40 weeks, it diligently ...
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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, ...