Articles filed under Health
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Your Health: Do jocks need magnesium?Mar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Performance drinks: Do athletes really need the magnesium contained in so-called sport drinks? A review of studies for the American College of Sports Medicine found magn...
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CDC urges flu shots for all childrenFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- All children -- not just those under 5 -- should get vaccinated against the flu, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. The panel voted to expand annual flu...
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Book examines how doctors react when they get sickFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - At 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Robert Klitzman's sister, Karen, called her best friend from her office on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center. No one ever heard f...
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Getting rid of latex in hospitals not an easy taskFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The gloves are off in the war on latex. Amid mounting concern about allergic reactions, many hospitals are trying to virtually eliminate the rubber-based material, which...
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Meds can do good ... if you take themFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Damian Galvan knew it was time to own up. The nurse overseeing his cancer treatment at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston had summoned him from his home in Brownsvil...
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Lattof YMCA teaches real-world climbingFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - They're everywhere these days. Daredevils scale them at amusement parks like Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. There's one standing inside almost every Dick's Sporting ...
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Challenges aplenty since last columnFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Since my last column, which ran Feb. 11, I've been an inpatient at Evanston Hospital, eaten too much food and lost about 12 pounds. Go figure! Through the portacath ne...
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Worried about your health? Try waste watchingFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Get grossed out, laugh or act like you're too refined to discuss this. Go ahead. The truth is, poop is serious stuff. If you're willing to peek into the toilet bowl once...
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Nights, weekends the worst time to suffer cardiac arrestFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - People who have a cardiac arrest in the hospital at night or on the weekend are far less likely to survive than those who suffer one during the day, U.S. researchers sai...
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Health bulletinFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. states are better prepared than in 2001 for a pandemic or biological attack but still lack trained staff and specialized facilities, according to a new federal repo...