Articles filed under Health
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Families seek housing for the mentally ill in Northwest suburbsApr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - After Judy Graff's daughter was hospitalized for a suicide attempt brought on by mental illness, officials referred her to a nursing home - at the age of 21. Graff could...
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Health advocates tout new model of female condomApr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against...
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Diabetics skimp on lifesaving care in recessionApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Diabetics are increasingly risking life and limb by cutting back on -- or even going without -- doctor visits, insulin, medicines and blood-sugar testing as they lose in...
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Your HealthApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Smile shopping Looking for a good dentist? Mitchell Dental Spa in Chicago offers a few tips: Rely on recommendations of family and friends, and, to a lesser extent, Inte...
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Cheap drug cocktail may halve heart disease riskApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A cocktail of aspirin and four other generic drugs, combined in a single pill, may halve the risk of heart disease in middle-aged people, researchers said. A study of 2,...
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How to create a personal health recordApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A personal record allows an individual to gather all his or her medical information and keep it in one place, usually in an electronic format, so that it can be used for...
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Rare carcinoma on the riseApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Would you please write a column about Merkel cell carcinoma? I was diagnosed with this and understand the enormity of it. There is a lack of knowledge about it in...
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Electronic health records can save lives, threaten privacyApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - When Elmhurst Clinic converted from paper to computerized records, patients embraced the change. Some doctors, it turned out, were the ones who had to be dragged kicking...
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Growth spurt may be behind adolescent's sore kneesApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - My "real" patient that morning was the young lady who was in for her third and final cervical cancer vaccine. Since it was a school holiday, her 13-year-old brother was ...
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Haircuts and health screenings: Some barbershops offer bothApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - When Robert Hibler stopped by his barber, he got a new haircut - and a wake-up call. Two nursing students visited Flotrin's Barber Shop in north St. Louis offering to ta...