Articles filed under Health
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How to keep your children out of the ER this summerJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - For all of summer's pleasures - pool parties, barbecues, bicycling, and more - an emergency department near you is feeling the usual seasonal spike in children's injurie...
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Britain revamps swine flu strategy to handle surgeJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Britain faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by August and must revamp its flu strategy, the nation's health minister said. Britain has officially reporte...
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Genes linked to higher schizophrenia riskJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - A handful of typos in a mysterious region of the human genetic code are connected to a slightly higher risk of schizophrenia, new studies show. In a first-of-its-kind lo...
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The strange case of the tiptoeing toddlerJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The phone call covered a wide range of childcare questions, from feeding techniques to sleep challenges, but the issue that bothered the mother most was the fact that sh...
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New way to see if Lake Michigan is safe for swimmingJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Beach bummer High bacteria levels in the water can literally mean no day at the beach. If you're thinking about fun in the sun on beautiful Lake Michigan, there's a new...
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Doctors say more ovary transplants possibleJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors sa...
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People with kids, disabilities to feel the pinch without a state budgetJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Social service workers in the suburbs got advance notice of impending layoffs Wednesday, as confusion over funding reigned because of the state budget impasse. Many huma...
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Human service agencies begin layoffsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - On the last day before the state budget expired, one Aurora social services agency laid off 80 workers and told 1,100 clients with developmental and mental health disabi...
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FDA requires new warnings for smoking-cessation drugsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effect...
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Aurora rolls toward long-awaited skate parkJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Skaters have been busting out nose stalls, rail stands and ollies at skate parks on Aurora's far east and west sides for years. Now long-awaited plans for a new skate pa...