Health and Fitness
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Lifestyle choices affect health care costsDec 16, 2013 5:00 am - I recently attended a medical conference in Las Vegas. One of the presenters, Michael Roizen M.D., presented some rather disturbing statistics on health care in the Unit...
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Chain of events leads from high cholesterol to heart attackDec 16, 2013 5:00 am - Q: Can you explain how high cholesterol causes a heart attack or stroke? A: Cholesterol is a type of fat that travels in the bloodstream. Our bodies need some cholester...
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Your health: Gifts for those with Alzheimer’sDec 16, 2013 4:45 am - Your Health Gifts for those with Alzheimer’s disease Selecting a holiday gift for a friend or relative with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia can be a...
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Virginia sanctuary helps veterans healDec 16, 2013 4:45 am - WASHINGTON — The war followed Scott Botts home. It lurked in his dreams, drenching him in cold sweat. It overwhelmed the dozens of medications that did nothing to ease h...
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Hoffman Estates holds community respite nightDec 15, 2013 2:50 pm - Hoffman Estates families with children who have special needs and their siblings are invited to attend a special evening of activities. The Commission for Disabled Citiz...
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Medical students create, run free clinicDec 15, 2013 4:30 am - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For Cara Wright, taking someone’s blood pressure at a free clinic on Southampton Avenue in Norfolk is pretty straightforward. Not so the other tasks ...
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Amish, immigrants boost number of Illinois' uninsuredDec 14, 2013 7:00 pm - ARTHUR — In many ways, Douglas County resembles most of its neighbors in eastern Illinois: a patch of rich Midwest farmland with a small population and an economy that p...
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Suburban Hispanics attend free concert, get health screenings in Hoffman EstatesDec 14, 2013 3:52 pm - Getting a health screening might not sound like the best way to spend a Saturday afternoon, but families who did so at La Pachanga del Año — or “Party of the Year” — in ...
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Vaccine possible in California campus meningitis outbreakDec 14, 2013 1:39 pm - LOS ANGELES — State and federal officials are considering whether to provide students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with an unlicensed vaccine to preve...
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3rd robot online at Advocate Lutheran General HospitalDec 11, 2013 2:06 pm - Advocate Health System has invested in a third daVinci robot for Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge to keep up with growing patient volumes and demand. The hospital...