Articles filed under Health
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Senate backs bill to improve health care for vetsJun 11, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Senate acted Wednesday to help thousands of military veterans enduring long wait times for VA medical care, as the FBI revealed it has opened a criminal...
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Arlington Heights might regulate e-cigarettes in public placesJun 10, 2014 4:30 am - Arlington Heights may soon start regulating e-cigarettes the same as tobacco cigarettes, meaning they wouldn't be allowed in restaurants and other public spaces. The vil...
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Firm wants FDA to declare smokless tobacco saferJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - RICHMOND, Va. - Smokeless tobacco maker Swedish Match is asking the Food and Drug Administration to certify its General-branded pouches of tobacco as less harmful than c...
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Des Plaines chiropractic business ditches flooding for Arlington HeightsJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - After the Des Plaines Chiropractic Center was closed by river flooding two times in five years, the center's doctors, Michael Bagby and Wade Whittier, decided that keepi...
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Naturopaths are winning insurance coverage for medical nonsenseJun 08, 2014 6:16 am - NEW YORK - Legislators in Washington state refuse to live in a world where only the wealthy can afford care from poorly trained health care providers who practice unprov...
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New drugs target patient as well as disease - but who will pay?Jun 08, 2014 6:09 am - WASHINGTON - When the Food and Drug Administration recently approved a promising new lung cancer drug named Zykadia four months ahead of schedule, it heralded the medica...
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Bloomingdale woman inspires others to 'pay it forward'Jun 07, 2014 8:00 am - Bloomingdale mom with cancer inspires
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Gatorade apologizes over LeBron-related tweetsJun 07, 2014 1:01 am - SAN ANTONIO - Gatorade apologized Friday for comments posted to the company's Twitter feed after Miami Heat star LeBron James cramped up and had to leave Game 1 of the N...
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Coca-Cola ad cites calories, exerciseJun 06, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Coca-Cola is taking on obesity, this time with an online video showing how fun it could be to burn off the 140 calories in a can of its soda. In the ad, the w...
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Illinois insurance prices rose before health lawJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - Health insurance prices in Illinois were increasing by about 10 percent or more annually in the three years before President Barack Obama signed the nation's health care...