Articles filed under Health
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The price of thin: Comparing the diet meal delivery plansFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - The price of losing weight for 22-year-old Thomas Ferraro is about $300 a month. That's how much he pays for Nutrisystem to ship low-cal meals to his doorstep. The food ...
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'Thirdhand' smokes forms lasting cancer-causing residueFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Tobacco smoke contamination lingering on furniture, clothes and other surfaces, dubbed thirdhand smoke, may react with indoor air chemicals to form potential cancer-caus...
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Teen got early start with newly approved heart deviceFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Miller Kaapke is a "miracle child" with congenital heart disease. He has defied doctors after he was pronounced dead, with no pulse for almost a half an hour. The Arizon...
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Your Health: Soda study finds greater pancreatic cancer riskFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Pop and cancer risk People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have nearly twice the risk of pancreatic cancer, researchers say. Fruit juice did...
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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothersFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - A new study says a woman's chance of having a child with autism increases as she ages. It also says the risk may be less with older dads than previously thought. Univers...
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Blood from newborn tests stir ethics debateFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack. After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list of d...
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Double hand transplant patient leaves hospitalFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - The first double hand transplant recipient in the U.S. has left a hospital after medicine cleared up a rash that signaled he might be rejecting his new hands. University...
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Chapped lips don't have to be a rite of winterFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Screen-siren red lips might be the rage in Hollywood, but, for most of us, red lips are far less glamorous: They're a sign that they're chapped. Lips are susceptible to ...
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Bone marrow drive Saturday in memory of Des Plaines nativeFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Kerry Piest says she doesn't want anyone to experience what her brother Kenneth Piest, a respected Des Plaines eye surgeon, went through waiting for a bone marrow match ...
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Free bone marrow drive Saturday in Des PlainesFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Want to save a life? Let health care workers take a cheek swab to see if you could be a bone marrow donor for a cancer patient with leukemia or lymphoma. DKMS Americas, ...