Articles filed under Health
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Want a $100,000 plane ride? Then get travel health insuranceMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Plane tickets, check. Passport, check. Medical evacuation insurance? It's probably not something most people think about when packing for a vacation. But Louise Robbins ...
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Study: Cell phone link to cancer inconclusiveMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - GENEVA -- If there's one lifestyle tool that's ubiquitous, from American cities to remote villages of the developing world, it's the mobile phone. Can they also be deadl...
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Autism Speaks walks to show of solidarityMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark LaNeve's sons remind him every day how capricious autism can be. Though his 18-year-old sons are identical twins, and both have autism spectrum disorders, they are ...
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Triage this patient in need of a cureMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - A state audit of a program created by Rod Blagojevich to boost health insurance coverage for children found alarming waste and mismanagement. People were getting benefit...
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Takeda targets 500 local workers for layoffsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. in Deerfield said Wednesday it plans to eliminate 1,600 positions, including 500 locally, and close its Lake Forest facility, a...
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Cancer panel: 'Grievous harm' posed by unchecked chemicalsMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - An expert panel that advises President Obama on cancer said that Americans are facing "grievous harm" from chemicals in the air, food and water that have largely gone un...
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Fittest losers plan for new look as weight comes offMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the best parts about losing weight is seeing the change in how your clothing fits. Our five Fittest Loser competitors are finding that out as their three-month w...
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Your teen still needs to sleep like a babyMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - School was going pretty well, and with a number of B's and a smattering of A's to show for his effort, the high school freshman should have been pleased with his academi...
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Tittering when all is in tattersMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Catastrophic oil spill. Times Square bomber. Teetering global economies. Even a recall of your kid's medicine. You need a laugh. Don't see anything funny? Fake it - you'...
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Radical treatment offered for those with severe asthmaMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes thei...