Articles filed under Health
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Putting cash on the line to lose weightFeb 24, 2013 6:02 am - Kimberly Calliari paid $300, lost 51 pounds and won $1,200. That all happened after she signed up for two challenges on HealthyWage.com, a website that lets dieters bet ...
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Greek yogurt popular with adults, but will kids bite?Feb 24, 2013 5:00 am - BOCA RATON, Fla. — Greek yogurt is taking over the dairy aisle, but will kids bite? The question is a critical one for General Mills, which is a dominant player in yogur...
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Suburban parents finding ways to sneak in exerciseFeb 24, 2013 5:00 am - More and more parents are getting savvy when it comes to sneaking more nutritious food into their child's diet. Adding pureed veggies to sauces, swapping out oil with un...
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Future science: Using 3D worlds to visualize dataFeb 23, 2013 7:14 am - Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reali...
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Six Hanford nuclear tanks leakingFeb 22, 2013 6:05 pm - YAKIMA, Wash. — Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Washington Gov. Jay Ins...
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Ireland: Plant sent horse labeled ‘beef’ to CzechsFeb 22, 2013 2:20 pm - DUBLIN — An Irish slaughterhouse has been caught labeling horse meat as beef and shipping it to a company in the Czech Republic, Ireland’s government said Friday, in the...
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FDA approves targeted breast cancer drugFeb 22, 2013 12:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones. The drug Kadc...
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Illinois Medicaid cuts fall short of projectionsFeb 21, 2013 4:13 pm - Illinois officials say savings from cuts to the state’s Medicaid program have fallen short by $464 million, about 30 percent of the expected $1.6 billion in cuts to the ...
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Joint Commission to offer primary care medical home certificationFeb 21, 2013 8:21 am - The Joint Commission of Oakbrook Terrace announced it is now offering a new Primary Care Medical Home certification option for accredited hospitals and critical access h...
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Plastic surgery provides lift in our saggy economyFeb 21, 2013 4:30 am - Our economy still looks a little droopy. It could use a lift or at least an injection of good news. Plastic surgeons are happy to oblige. The number of cosmetic plastic...