Articles filed under Health
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Study: Multivitamins may lower cancer risk in menOct 17, 2012 10:28 am - America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large...
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Adult Down syndrome center a passion, and 'a blessing'Oct 15, 2012 9:00 am - Dr. Brian Chicoine of Arlington Heights was among the more than 10,000 runners who ran the Chicago Marathon for charity. But he was the only one to run it for the Adult ...
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentumOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - DALLAS — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realiz...
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Hospital partnership credited for baby's survivalOct 12, 2012 5:30 am - When Zachary Kordik was born on Oct. 12, 2011, he weighed only 2 pounds, 10 ounces. Born at 27 weeks, his underdeveloped lungs started to fill with fluid, and doctors ne...
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Bioethics panel urges more gene privacy protectionOct 11, 2012 9:04 am - WASHINGTON — It sounds like a scene from a TV show: Someone sends a discarded coffee cup to a laboratory where the unwitting drinker’s DNA is decoded, predicting what di...
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentumOct 11, 2012 6:41 am - DALLAS — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realiz...
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Meningitis outbreak toll: 119 cases, 11 deathsOct 09, 2012 1:57 pm - NEW YORK — The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention u...
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13,000 got suspect steroid shots; risk uncertainOct 09, 2012 8:43 am - NEW YORK — As many as 13,000 people received steroid shots suspected in a national meningitis outbreak, health officials said Monday. But it’s not clear how many are in ...
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Vending machines to show sodas’ caloriesOct 08, 2012 1:37 pm - NEW YORK — As criticism over sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your fingerti...
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Palatine women’s group to hold ‘Obamacare’ forumOct 07, 2012 3:34 pm - The League of Women’s Voters Palatine Area will host a nonpartisan information meeting, “Obamacare”, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Palatine police station c...