Articles filed under Health Crises
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St. Charles panel sheds light on teenage mental illnessOct 04, 2015 7:00 am - Dressed in jeans, T-shirts and hoodies, their dialogue frequently interspersed with “like” and “whatever,” the teens sharing the Arcada Theater's stage Saturday to talk ...
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Study: Good gut bacteria may affect babies' risk of asthmaSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Gut checks suggest that not having enough of certain "good" intestinal germs early in life may increase babies' risk of developing asthma, according to...
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UN: HIV patients should start treatment immediatelySep 30, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization has revised its HIV guidelines to recommend that anyone who tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS should be treated i...
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Rare Q fever outbreak reported in American medical touristsSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Five Americans came down with an unusual illness after traveling to Germany for a controversial treatment involving injections with sheep cells, health o...
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Low-nicotine cigarettes cut use, dependence, study findsSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - A new study might help the push for regulations to limit nicotine in cigarettes. Smokers who switched to special low-nicotine ones wound up smoking less and were more li...
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Hoffman Estates police soon might carry overdose antidoteSep 29, 2015 5:22 am - By the end of October, Hoffman Estates could be among the suburban communities whose police patrol officers are equipped with and trained to use a drug that can save the...
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Hoffman Estates hosts flu clinicsSep 29, 2015 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates will host a series of flu clinics in the weeks ahead. This year's vaccine promises to be a closer match for the H3N2 strain still circulating from last y...
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Study: Breast cancer detection not better with computer aidSep 28, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Computer-assisted detection used in most U.S. mammograms adds no benefit to breast cancer screening while substantially increasing costs, a large study su...
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Bill Gates and UN say malaria could be eradicated by 2040Sep 28, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Malaria could be wiped out by 2040, despite the lack of an effective vaccine, previous failed attempts to eradicate the disease and drug resistance problem...
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Gene test finds which breast cancer patients can skip chemoSep 28, 2015 7:00 am - Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemotherapy without hurting their odds of beating the disease - good news from a major study that shows the value of ...