Health and Fitness
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Sex among demented spurs elderly care group to call for policiesNov 16, 2013 5:00 am - An association of professionals who work at hundreds of elderly-care facilities in the United States is calling on the homes to reconsider their policies — or, in most c...
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A doctor's dilemma: Saving a preemieNov 16, 2013 5:00 am - The newborn resuscitation room was uncomfortably hot — the thermostat was set high to prevent a just-born baby's body temperature from dropping rapidly. Our neonatology ...
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Identical twins share breast cancer, rare surgery at Chicago hospitalNov 15, 2013 9:00 am - Identical twins Kelly McCarthy and Kristen Maurer have shared a lot in their lives so when one was diagnosed with breast cancer, she urged the other to get tested, too. ...
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Boys a bit more likely than girls to be born earlyNov 15, 2013 8:58 am - WASHINGTON — Boys are slightly more likely to be born premature than girls, and they tend to fare worse, too, says a new report on the health of the world’s newborns. “T...
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Helping overweight kids get healthyNov 15, 2013 4:00 am - Forty-three percent of Chicago-area students are overweight. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 17 percent of children and adoles...
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Illnesses at Edison caused by norovirusNov 14, 2013 7:10 pm - The gastrointestinal illness that kept hundreds of Wheaton students out of school earlier this week was a norovirus, according to DuPage County Health Department. In a l...
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Quinn talks about his mom at caregiving conferenceNov 14, 2013 3:51 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is highlighting the role that those who care for the elderly and sick play by giving a personal example: his mom. Quinn’s 96-year-old mother, Eileen Quin...
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U of I starts medical reorganizationNov 14, 2013 3:50 pm - SPRINGFIELD — University of Illinois trustees have agreed to begin reorganizing the university’s hospital, clinics and health-sciences colleges in Chicago. Trustees on T...
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Nurse educator helps diabetes patients care for themselvesNov 14, 2013 8:52 am - Twice a week, diabetes nurse educator Melanie Siedlinski visits Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights to help diabetic patients and others better understand ho...
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Hanover Township hosting wellness clinic at Bartlett senior communityNov 14, 2013 4:31 am - Hanover Township is hosting a wellness clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Victory Centre, 1101 W. Bartlett Road in Bartlett. A Hanover Township nurse wil...