Articles filed under Health
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Energy-drinking soldiers unusually sleepyNov 19, 2012 5:00 am - U.S. service members in Afghanistan battle zones who consumed three or more caffeine-charged energy drinks a day were prone to sleepiness and dozing off while on guard d...
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Suicide points to wave of insider trading in health industryNov 18, 2012 6:25 am - NEWARK, N.J. — On April 14, 2011, James Fan stood on a parking garage landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, a cheer-you-up letter from his young son in his pa...
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The ‘$5 doctor’ practices medicine from bygone eraNov 18, 2012 6:22 am - RUSHVILLE, Ill. — Patients line up early outside his office just off the town square, waiting quietly for the doctor to arrive, as he has done for nearly 60 years. Dr. R...
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Judge favors Christian publisher in Carol Stream on contraception coverageNov 16, 2012 6:33 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday temporarily prevented the Obama administration from forcing a Christian publishing company based in Carol Stream to provide its em...
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Illinois keeps pace on Obama’s health lawNov 16, 2012 3:38 pm - Illinois is ahead of some states but behind others on the path toward creating a health insurance exchange, a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Ob...
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What happens if Twinkies really do go away?Nov 16, 2012 3:06 pm - Let’s not panic. We all know that Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder bread and the rest of Hostess Brands’ oddly everlasting foods aren’t going away any time soon, even if the...
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Owner of meningitis-linked pharmacy takes FifthNov 14, 2012 10:14 am - WASHINGTON — The owner and director of the specialty pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak declined to testify Wednesday morning before a congressional committee...
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Cancer study looking for more volunteersNov 13, 2012 2:17 pm - Volunteers in the suburbs can sign up for a nationwide cancer prevention study at various events this week at locations in the Northwest suburbs. The American Cancer Soc...
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Report: FDA wanted to close Mass pharmacy in 2002Nov 13, 2012 11:00 am - WASHINGTON — More than a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its ope...
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Editorial: Kirk, other Willis climbers inspire us allNov 12, 2012 4:00 am - He may not have climbed all 103 floors of the Willis Tower in 13 minutes, as one man did. He may have climbed only the top 37 floors. But it was no less thrilling to see...