Articles filed under Health
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Schaumburg rally aimed at health care reformJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Shawn Janzen's volunteer work with the Peace Corps on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent was cut short when he got a virus affecting his vocal cords. Back home in Carpe...
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Schoolmates eager to help Palatine kindergartner's plightJan 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Palatine third grader Devyn Oak likes to save her money the old fashioned way, under her mattress. Over the recent holiday season alone, which included her birthday, she...
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NWCH children get more than 1,200 new booksJan 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights recently received 1,281 donated books for its pediatric patients, from Barnes and Noble in Arlington Heights. Every yea...
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When to worry about kids' headachesJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Q: Once or twice each week, my 7-year-old complains that her head hurts. At what point do I need to have her see a doctor, and what could be causing headaches in such a ...
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Your Health: Your vision may be getting worseJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Blurred vision It's not just you - a lot of us find our distant vision is getting blurrier. A recent study by the National Eye Institute found nearsightedness ...
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Light therapy lifts symptoms of seasonal affective disorderJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Larry Pederson grew up in the small Canadian city of Medicine Hat and "really suffered" mood-wise in the winters. But things grew even worse when he moved 400 miles nort...
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Good news on immunity: vaccines might last longer than thoughtJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Scientists are finding that the human immune system has a much longer memory for pathogens than once thought. Most recently, researchers have discovered that many people...
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What's in a cigarette? FDA to study ingredientsJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products. In June, tob...
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Running clubs can help keep your fitness goals on trackJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - We're three weeks into the new year, and your fitness resolution is already showing signs of stress. With teeth-gritting determination, you resolved to work off those fi...
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Why cadmium is dangerousJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Cadmium is a soft, whitish metal that occurs naturally in soil. It's perhaps best known as one half of rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, but also is used in pigment...