Health and Fitness
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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...
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Town hall at Mundelein High:Apr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Mundelein High School will host a town hall-style discussion on May 8 about teen drug and alcohol use. The gathering will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria...
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Illinois medical marijuana rules drop gun languageApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois regulators finalizing the state's conditions for medical marijuana have removed a proposed rule that would have barred legal gun owners from becoming cannabis-u...
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'Epidemic' of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hearsApr 17, 2014 1:00 am - Members of the recently formed Illinois House Task Force on Heroin spent more than three hours in Arlington Heights Thursday morning hearing testimony about treatment an...
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Kirk promotes stroke research funding, treatmentsApr 16, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk on Wednesday called for more funding for research to decrease the risk of strokes and to treat those who have them. The Republican from Highland Park...
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Chicagoland's First MEND Infant Loss Support Group to Meet in SchaumburgApr 15, 2014 11:00 pm - Chicagoland's First MEND Infant Loss Support Group to Meet in Schaumburg The first MEND (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death) support group in the Chicagoland area will be o...
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Chicago Sky brings Hoops for Health program to Hawthorn Woods schoolApr 15, 2014 10:00 am - St. Matthew Lutheran School students had a sky-high, interactive assembly on Tuesday. Members of the Chicago Sky WNBA team brought their Hoops for Health program to the ...