Articles filed under Health
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Hospitals faster at treating heart-attack patientsDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives. More than three-quarters of people suffering major heart attacks...
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State establishes H1N1 Flu hotlineDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Flu hotline: Illinois opened a flu hotline Thursday to answer medical questions about the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. Doctors and nurses staffed by the Illinois...
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Northwest Community Hospital turns 50Dec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - After a year filled with celebrations, officials at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights culminated their events with the unveiling of a history book docume...
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NWCH 50th anniversary book releasedDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Fifty years to the day that Northwest Community Hospital opened in Arlington Heights, a new book celebrating its half-century made its debut Wednesday. Author Candace O'...
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New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid researchDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be...
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Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shotsNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nos...
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Are you prepared to react in a crisis? You can learn to beNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - We breeze through life in a haze of complacency, assuming the world is safe. But most of us will be affected by a life-or-death situation - a mugging, a fire, a natural ...
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Rare peek at how doctors-to-be learn from cadaversNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Color-coded denim cloths cover the row upon row of black body bags atop cold metal tables. Blue means a body that eventually will go into a common grave. T...
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Last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu casesNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest. It...
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Weight gain may increase the risk of some cancersNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Most women who want to lose weight just want to fit into a smaller dress or pair of jeans. But not Linda Ann Spurza of Lutz, Fla. She lost weight so she could live longe...