Articles filed under Health
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CT heart scans cut X-ray dose to patientsJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Heart scans that detect blocked arteries can be performed with half the amount of radiation exposure to patients to make them safer, researchers said. The Michigan study...
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Lack of sleep boosts risk of high blood pressureJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Sleeping less than seven or eight hours a night as a routine puts people at risk for high blood pressure, a study found. The less the adults participating in the researc...
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Cook County briefsJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Crohn's walk is today: The 2nd annual "Take Steps" Walk, sponsored by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Illinois Chapter, begins at 5:30 p.m. today at Gallery...
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Do you know what's in your supplement?Jun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Lead in ginkgo pills. Arsenic in herbals. Bugs in a baby's colic and teething syrup. Toxic metals and parasites are part of nature, and all of these have been found in "...
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New Streamwood children's center treats mental illnessJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - A $10 million behavioral hospital expansion in Streamwood aims to give younger patients suffering from mental health ailments a new treatment option close to home. The 3...
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Herbal sales are big businessJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Some people who buy supplements to avoid Big Pharma drug companies may find themselves doing business with Big Herba, instead. Some of the same companies that mass-produ...
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Free prostate test at Sox gameJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Men over 40 can get free prostate cancer screening at today's Chicago White Sox game. The free blood test will be offered from noon through the second inning of the game...
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Swine flu cases jump by 30 percentJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The number of swine flu cases in Illinois jumped by 35 percent over the weekend - but health officials maintain it's nothing to be alarmed about. Total cases of the H1N1...
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'What do you say to a stranger who saved your baby son's life?'Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In May 2007 Aurora civil engineer Mary Garza decided she was going to save a life. She just didn't know whose. Monday morning, with tears flowing, she met the boy. Evan ...
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Early anti-AIDS treatment cuts death rate in halfJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Prescribing powerful antiviral drugs to patients with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, even as they're being treated for pneumonia or cancer, cuts their death rate, a st...