Health and Fitness
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Hoffman Estates hosts drug disposal dayApr 21, 2014 1:01 am - The Hoffman Estates Police Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host a drug disposal event, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the police station, ...
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Mumps cases on rise at UW-MadisonApr 21, 2014 1:01 am - MADISON, Wis. - University health officials are warning students about a rise in confirmed cases of mumps at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The school says one to ...
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Can what you eat affect your mental health?Apr 20, 2014 5:45 am - Jodi Corbitt had been battling depression for decades and by 2010 had resigned herself to taking antidepressant medication for the rest of her life. Then she decided to ...
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Move managers help seniors downsize into new homesApr 20, 2014 5:30 am - Do you want to relocate to a retirement community but are deterred from making the move because you are bogged down by a lifetime of household possessions? “Generally, p...
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Buffalo Grove collecting unwanted medsApr 20, 2014 1:01 am - The Buffalo Grove Police Department is among ones that on Saturday, April 26, will give the public its eighth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft ...
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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...