Articles filed under Health
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Couple's faith in marriage brings them to meeting with PopeSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Jim and Kim Orchard had reached rock bottom in their nine-year marriage and thought there was no where else to turn but divorce court. That was six years ago, and now th...
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Kicking some ...Sep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - You know those moments when you feel so stressed out and aggravated for whatever reason that all you feel like doing is laying back on your couch and eating everything i...
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Colon X-ray seen as effective at spotting cancerSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from ...
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Public needs to know vaccines are safe, docs saySep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A new coalition of 22 major medical groups says public confidence in vaccine safety needs to be restored to avoid risks for deadly disease outbreaks. Thursday's message ...
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Q&A: 1 vs. 2 cancer centersSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Central DuPage Hospital is expected to learn today whether it can build a revolutionary proton therapy cancer treatment center in Warrenville. Only five such facilities ...
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Your healthSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Numbers do lie: The number on the scale might be reassuring, but you can still be too fat. More than half of Americans who are considered normal weight have high levels ...
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How to recognize the signs of pubertySep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Is a breast lump in a 9-year-old cause for concern? Not for me, or for the office nurse who returned the mother's call. But my nurse still set up a visit because - with ...
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Anatomy of an ambulanceSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Itasca paramedics saved a man's life this spring with a plastic box the size of a pack of cigarettes. When the 51-year-old man reported severe chest pain, paramedics too...
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Eating disorders - and treatments - know no agesSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Mary Kay Pytel has finally beaten a disease that ravaged her body and consumed her life for 40 years. Today the former bulimic, who used to throw up as often as 20 times...
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Measles vaccine doesn't raise autism risk, study saysSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine doesn't raise a child's risk for autism, according to a new study researchers say they hope will reduce fears among parents who ha...