Articles filed under Health Crises
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Marijuana use in US adults doubles in decade, surveys showOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys s...
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Study shows value of knee replacement surgery, other optionsOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - People with knees worn out by arthritis will get more pain relief from joint replacement surgery, but it has more risks and there's a good chance that less drastic appro...
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Breast cancer screening advice from 2 major groups comparedOct 20, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Advice varies on when women should start getting screened for breast cancer and how often. The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines Tuesday, bri...
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WHO chief: Ebola a 'wake-up call' for member governmentsOct 20, 2015 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The director-general of the World Health Organization says the Ebola crisis in West Africa should serve as a "wake-up call" for member states to do more to...
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Cancer group's mammogram advice: Start later and get fewerOct 20, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO - The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influ...
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Our view: Police step out in front of heroin scourgeOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - By going public with their decision to help heroin addicts kick the drug rather than arrest them, Rolling Meadows police are putting themselves out there. We'd like to b...
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Budget panel OKs state funds for Evansville medical schoolOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A medical school campus in downtown Evansville won final approval from the State Budget Committee. The budget panel on Friday approved releasing ...
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UN: 2 new Ebola cases in Guinea show virus still spreadingOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says there were two new cases of Ebola in Guinea this week, ending two consecutive weeks in West Africa when no cases of the ...
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Hoffman Estates police save first life from overdoseOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates police officers Thursday night saved their first life from an opiate drug overdose, only nine days after being authorized to carry the antidote naloxone....
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Ailing Ebola nurse in UK may be rare case of relapseOct 15, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says it's possible in rare instances for patients who survived Ebola to develop the lethal disease again, when the virus ling...