Articles filed under Health
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Relay for Life kickoff celebration set for PalatineFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Friends, neighbors and cancer survivors are coming together for an energizing celebration to kick off the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Palatine/Rolling Mead...
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Local dentists makes mouth guards meant to give super boostFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - If the New Orleans Saints lose the Super Bowl today, don't blame dentist Peter Noto. He makes customized mouthguards that are supposed to improve athletic performance. T...
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Relay For Life hosts Wheeling kickoff Feb. 24Feb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Friends, neighbors and cancer survivors are coming together for an energizing celebration to kick off the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Wheeling and unveil h...
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FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kidsFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products -- that the agency compares w...
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Arlington Hts. to screen for cholesterolFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - The Village of Arlington Heights is having a Cholesterol Clinic from 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, to commemorate National Heart Awareness Month. Screenings will be he...
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Bunco night also fundraiser for Heart AssociationFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Circle Thursday, Feb. 25 on your calendar. It's the Women's' Queen of Hearts Bunco Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Honquest Furniture for Living showroom, 1455 S. Ba...
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Good Shepherd Hospital lays off six counselorsFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - The layoff of six behavioral health counselors at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Lake Barrington was triggered by a temporary reduction in the unit's patient capac...
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Palatine chiropractors raise money for Children's MemorialJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - A pair of Palatine chiropractors are offering an opportunity to patients during February where they can choose what they want to pay, with 100 percent of the proceeds do...
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Illinois foot doctors are joining in a drive to donate shoes to HaitiJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois foot doctors are joining in a drive to donate shoes to Haiti. Many Central Americans have no shoes, and the earthquake in Haiti has made the need there that muc...
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Drugmakers tone down ads in response to FDA scrutinyJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Instead of middle-aged bikers singing "Viva Viagra," as seen in a 2007 commercial, the latest Viagra ad shows a gray-haired man meeting with a doctor. After Pfizer's qui...