Articles filed under Health
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Local hospitals brace for swine fluApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - As the number of swine flu cases increased internationally Tuesday, hospitals in the suburbs ramped up their readiness for a potential pandemic. Local hospitals held eme...
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If pig flu could flyApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - After more than an hour at O'Hare waiting for their children to arrive from Mexico in the wake of a swine flu scare, Carlos and Alberta Ramirez were clearly agitated Mon...
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What you should know about swine flu threatApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S. doubled to 40 Monday, while the Chicago area still had no reported cases - but health officials say it's only a ma...
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Medical helicopters to get collision warning systemsApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Medical helicopters, involved in a record number of fatalities last year, will be required to have collision-warning devices under a federal rule due to take effect in 2...
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Arlington Park fundraiser draws attention to rare diseaseApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Nine-year-old Brett Grossman has hardly eaten a thing for a year. Because of a rare illness that makes him allergic to nearly all food, he lives on an all-liquid diet. T...
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It matters who implants your defibrillatorApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Patients whose cardiac defibrillators were implanted by doctors who didn't specialize in abnormal heart rhythms were likelier to have complications, a study found. Those...
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Exercise class challenges people with MS to stay fitApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Paul Wallace couldn't even sit on an exercise ball with his feet on the floor without falling over. Now he can curl over t...
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Your HealthApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Chew on this A tween-ager could've told you this: chewing gum seems to help kids do better in school. A new study by the Baylor College of Medicine found that students w...
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Study links ADHD medicine with better test scoresApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Children on medicine for attention deficit disorder scored higher on academic tests than their unmedicated peers in the first large, long-term study suggesting this kind...
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FDA to allow 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-oldsApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Women's groups cheered the government's decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, ...