Articles filed under Health
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Firewalker's faulty gene may shake up market for painkillersJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A Pakistani boy who could walk on burning coals propelled drugmakers on a quest for the ultimate pain treatment that can ease an ailment as old as life itself without ha...
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Heart attack treated with speedy angioplasty lowers deathJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - People who have had a common kind of heart attack should get artery-clearing angioplasty within six hours after taking clot-busting drugs to prevent more damage, a study...
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$3.6 million award in death of Schaumburg cancer patientJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A jury has awarded a $3.6 million to the estate of a Schaumburg woman who died of cancer two years ago. Lisa Ann Stenberg sued Dr. Kathleen Pearson in 2003, asserting Pe...
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Flood threat over but heat advisory issuedJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - First rain, now heat. Officials from the National Weather Service have issued a heat advisory for the Chicago area, as temperatures are expected to cross into the 90s w...
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Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break?Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - It isn't just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. Doctors don't yet know how likely patients' bones are to thin e...
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Does blood pressure medicine cause weight gain?Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I am 64 years old, eat healthy, exercise daily and people say I look great for my age. Over the last 6 months, I've gained almost 10 pounds. I've been taking three di...
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Expect cuts in your 2010 health coverageJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Look for employers to cut more deeply than ever into health care coverage for their workers in 2010. Companies are getting walloped by higher than expected costs just wh...
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Chemotherapy skin cream reduces sun damage, wrinklesJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - A skin cream containing a chemotherapy medicine that treats precancerous skin patches also reduced sun damage and wrinkles on the faces of 21 people who used the drug, a...
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Boken collarbone in a newborn? It's not that rareJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Nursing students hovered around the newborn's hospital bassinet. This particular baby was behaving himself and was not in need of special medical attention. The students...
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Poultry, leafy veggies leading causes of illnessJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Two normally healthful foods -- chicken and leafy vegetables -- were the leading causes of recent food-borne illness. Poultry caused 21 percent of food-related disease o...