Health and Fitness
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Lutheran General finds, stops bacteria sourceDec 27, 2013 3:54 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge is asking patients who had a specific procedure performed earlier this year to be screened for a potential infection tha...
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Swine flu detected in IllinoisDec 27, 2013 3:15 pm - Flu viruses are spreading in Illinois, and the leading strain that’s being detected in lab tests is H1N1. That’s the same “swine flu” strain that caused a pandemic in 20...
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Death Valley puts brakes on running, cycling racesDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - LOS ANGELES — It’s the hottest, hardest, most grueling foot race in the world, says Shannon Farar-Griefer, who has run the Badwater 135 ultramarathon through Death Valle...
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Longtime Geneva friends encourage kidney swapsDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - What’s the best present your best friend ever gave you? Few can match what Rachel Duff of Geneva gave Mandi Davis in November: A kidney. In a roundabout way. Duff took a...
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Tablets a hit with kids, but experts worryDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - NEW YORK — Tablet computers are so easy to use that even a 3-year-old can master them. And that has some pediatricians and other health experts worried. Since navigatin...
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Hand, face transplants to face new government oversightDec 26, 2013 4:13 pm - WASHINGTON — Sure your liver or kidney could save someone’s life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor may get more complic...
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Obamacare policy notifications and current status, by stateDec 26, 2013 3:23 pm - 1333 ...
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Reversal on Obamacare cancellations gets mixed responseDec 26, 2013 3:15 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — A month after President Barack Obama announced people could keep insurance policies slated for cancellation under the federal health overhaul, the revers...
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Shaken not stirred: Did 007 have alcoholic tremor?Dec 26, 2013 5:00 am - LONDON — He may have a license to kill, but is he sober enough to shoot? British doctors who carefully read Ian Fleming's series of James Bond novels say the celebrated ...
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Older women sit most of their day as researchers question harmDec 25, 2013 2:58 pm - Older women spend two-thirds of their day not moving around, generally getting up every half-hour for periods of movement, according to a study designed to help research...