Articles filed under Health
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Fight the flu with vitamin D supplementsNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - One of the most frequent concerns of my patients is what to do about the flu, both seasonal and H1N1. Although the vaccines may be effective in preventing or lessening f...
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Doctors fear celebrities can influence treatment decisionsNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Suzanne Somers is at it again. Less than a year after the former sitcom actress frustrated mainstream doctors (and cheered some fans) by touting bioidentical hormones on...
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New group helps monitor swine flu shot safetyNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year's unprecedented ...
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Health insurance mistakes to avoidNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Whether you're perusing your employer's open-enrollment packet or weighing your options after getting a pink slip, you may be facing some critical decisions about health...
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Protect your medical identity from theftNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Checking in at a doctor's office or hospital increasingly requires at least two documents - an insurance card and a photo ID. Don't take it too personally. The providers...
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Doctors give H1N1 vaccines to ailing kidsOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Doctors came through with H1N1 flu vaccines Thursday for some ailing children whose desperate parents had been unable to get the shots. Moved by the children's plight, a...
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Schaumburg woman delights in spooky fun - possibly for last timeOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - At first glance, the house on Woodcroft Court in Schaumburg looks like something out of a Charles Dickens novel, with its overgrown brush in the front yard, boarded up w...
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Northwest suburban hospitals tighten visiting rulesOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Area hospitals are limiting visits by children in response to the outbreak of H1N1 flu. And all hospitals are asking that no one visit if they are displaying flu-like sy...
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Parents of ailing children desperately seek H1N1 vaccinesOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Eight-year-old Jenevieve Duczman has been hospitalized three times this year with pneumonia and other lung problems. Born 12 weeks prematurely, the Schaumburg girl has c...
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Arlington Heights will have H1N1 vaccine clinic SaturdayOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - The Arlington Heights Health Services Department is the surprise recipient of 1,000 doses of the rare vaccine against H1N1 flu - apparently by mistake. Nevertheless, the...