Health and Fitness
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LifeSource tests door-to-donor blood donations in Lake VillaJan 15, 2014 4:30 am - Lake Villa resident Christal Herbst took to Facebook to organize a community blood drive Tuesday in front of her home after she heard blood donations had dropped recentl...
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More older Americans are signing up for health insuranceJan 13, 2014 3:46 pm - asdf asdf asd fasdf asdf asdf asdf
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More than 61,000 Illinoisans have picked health plansJan 13, 2014 3:00 pm - More than 61,000 Illinois residents signed up for private insurance coverage in the first three months they were able to through the troubled HealthCare.gov website — 6,...
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Swedish doctors transplant wombs into 9 womenJan 13, 2014 8:59 am - STOCKHOLM — Nine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated from relatives and will soon try to become pregnant, the doctor in charge of the p...
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Advancing age, blocked nasal passages affect sense of tasteJan 13, 2014 5:00 am - Q: I’ve lost my sense of taste within the past few months. I take medicine for high blood pressure — could that be the reason? A: It could be, but there are other possi...
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Why your toddler won’t sleep: Body clock may be to blameJan 13, 2014 4:45 am - WASHINGTON — “Just one more story, please?” “I need a glass of water.” “Mom, I can’t sleep!” When youngsters continually struggle to fall asleep at night, new research s...
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12 months of fitnessJan 13, 2014 4:30 am - The year 2014 is under way and now many Americans are trying to meet their fitness goals for the new year. For many of us, the simple goal of “fitness” might seem daunt...
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Strep bacteria can cause a variety of symptomsJan 13, 2014 4:30 am - The three siblings would have made a nice pediatric teaching case, but no medical students were in the office that busy winter afternoon. The little girl came in first ...
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Your health: Quitting alcohol for a month shows health benefitsJan 13, 2014 4:30 am - ‘Janopause' Swearing off the booze after the excesses of the festive season has become almost as much of a tradition as taking down the Christmas decorations, repo...
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Leukemia foundation sponsors kids’ party in AddisonJan 12, 2014 12:53 pm - For many of the roughly 50 kids who partied Sunday afternoon at Dave & Buster’s in Addison, it’s not unusual to spend a lot of time visiting doctors or undergoing chemot...