Articles filed under Health
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Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire riskOct 19, 2012 5:14 pm - WASHINGTON — The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the ...
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Compounding pharmacies seek to shake stigmaOct 18, 2012 10:05 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Before federal agencies and state lawmakers engage in any crackdown on regulations for specialty and compounding pharmacies, those running such facilit...
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Abbott to cut 550 jobs; earnings exceed estimates as company prepares to splitOct 17, 2012 12:58 pm - Abbott Laboratories, which plans to separate into two companies, said it cut 550 jobs globally today — including about 100 from its headquarters in Libertyville Town...
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Glenview infant formula maker sued after baby’s deathOct 17, 2012 11:11 am - The families of a three babies sickened by a rare bacterial infection, including a 10-day-old Missouri infant who died, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Glenview-base...
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Study: Multivitamins may lower cancer risk in menOct 17, 2012 10:28 am - America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large...
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Adult Down syndrome center a passion, and 'a blessing'Oct 15, 2012 9:00 am - Dr. Brian Chicoine of Arlington Heights was among the more than 10,000 runners who ran the Chicago Marathon for charity. But he was the only one to run it for the Adult ...
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentumOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - DALLAS — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realiz...
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Hospital partnership credited for baby's survivalOct 12, 2012 5:30 am - When Zachary Kordik was born on Oct. 12, 2011, he weighed only 2 pounds, 10 ounces. Born at 27 weeks, his underdeveloped lungs started to fill with fluid, and doctors ne...
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Bioethics panel urges more gene privacy protectionOct 11, 2012 9:04 am - WASHINGTON — It sounds like a scene from a TV show: Someone sends a discarded coffee cup to a laboratory where the unwitting drinker’s DNA is decoded, predicting what di...
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentumOct 11, 2012 6:41 am - DALLAS — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realiz...