Articles filed under Health Crises
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Constable: Cafe serves up help after waitress' son has near-fatal brain hemorrhageSep 25, 2016 7:00 am - A popular waitress at Jelly Cafe in Mount Prospect, Rosie Rodriguez was handling the Friday lunch rush on Sept. 9 when she got a phone call that merely hinted at the lif...
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Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son's organ donationSep 25, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was born healthy but Thomas live...
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Alzheimer's walk in Busse Woods laden with emotion for family, caregiversSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - Bob Obregon of Palatine was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the tender age of 56. For 10 years his wife, Theresa, cared for him. Every day. His family has particip...
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Post-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bushmeat, with riskSep 21, 2016 7:00 am - ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - As the deadly outbreak of Ebola has subsided, people in several West African countries are flocking to eat bushmeat again after restrictions ...
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Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN responseSep 20, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germ...
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MDs strengthen advice against codeine for kids' coughs, painSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The American Academy of Pediatrics has strengthened its warnings about prescribing codeine for children because of reports of deaths and risks for dangero...
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Mariano's joins suburban pharmacies selling naloxoneSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Mariano's pharmacies are the latest suburban drugstores to start selling naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug, without a prescription. The drug is already sold ove...
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Brain cancer now leading childhood cancer killerSep 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the U.S., now ahead of leukemia, a result of improved leukemia treatment and a frustrating lack of ...
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Researchers creating antibiotic gel to tackle ear infectionsSep 14, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Parents know the frustration of trying to get that gunky pink antibiotic into a tot screaming from an ear infection. A one-time squirt of special ear d...
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Treat or monitor early prostate cancer? 10-yr survival sameSep 14, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or rad...