Articles filed under Health
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Where to get swine flu vaccinations in Kane Co.Oct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Kane County plans to offer vaccination against the H1N1 virus for free and with no appointments. Assuming the county health department gets the vaccines it ordered, vacc...
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Kids Fight Cancer holds 25th galaOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Kids Fight Cancer, a not-for-profit corporation that funds the Oncology Activity Center at Children's Memorial Hospital, announced that local news anchors Pat Tomasulo o...
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Lake County offers swine flu vaccine scheduleOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Though Lake County is still awaiting delivery of vaccines, it has scheduled clinics to provide free vaccinations against the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The Lak...
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Cook County still waiting to schedule swine flu vaccinationOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Cook County health officials were still waiting Monday for their first shipment of vaccines against the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The vaccines were expected s...
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More MRI scanners lead to excess back surgeriesOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Patients with low back pain have a greater chance of undergoing surgery that may not help if they live in an area that has more magnetic resonance imaging machines, a st...
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Giving babies Tylenol might blunt vaccines' effectsOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations might backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests. ...
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Throw out expired meds? Maybe notOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I hope you can resolve a problem that worries me. My husband refuses to throw out pills that are past their expiration dates. I never keep foods longer than I sho...
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Minnesota city's get-healthy effort called a successOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream. But an ambitious effort aimed at makin...
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ER alternatives: Urgent-care clinic or in-store clinic might work insteadOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Feeling sick - or you have a kid who does - but you find out that your doctor's office can't fit you in for another week? Primary-care physicians aren't the only game in...
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Health and fitness briefs: Swine flu? There's an app for thatOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - iPhone shows flu outbreaks A new iPhone application called "Outbreaks Near Me" shows users the spread in their area of H1N1 swine flu and other infectious diseases inclu...