Articles filed under Health
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More MRI scanners lead to excess back surgeriesOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Patients with low back pain have a greater chance of undergoing surgery that may not help if they live in an area that has more magnetic resonance imaging machines, a st...
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Giving babies Tylenol might blunt vaccines' effectsOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations might backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests. ...
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Throw out expired meds? Maybe notOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I hope you can resolve a problem that worries me. My husband refuses to throw out pills that are past their expiration dates. I never keep foods longer than I sho...
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Minnesota city's get-healthy effort called a successOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream. But an ambitious effort aimed at makin...
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ER alternatives: Urgent-care clinic or in-store clinic might work insteadOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Feeling sick - or you have a kid who does - but you find out that your doctor's office can't fit you in for another week? Primary-care physicians aren't the only game in...
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Health and fitness briefs: Swine flu? There's an app for thatOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - iPhone shows flu outbreaks A new iPhone application called "Outbreaks Near Me" shows users the spread in their area of H1N1 swine flu and other infectious diseases inclu...
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Despite season, exercise still important to good healthOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Cold workouts Now that the weather has turned colder, it's harder to exercise outside. But the American College of Sports Medicine reminds you it's worth it. Numerous st...
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Day care the new frontier in fight against childhood obesityOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice - water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delawar...
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First suburban swine flu vaccine injections scheduledOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Lake County has scheduled public H1N1 vaccination clinics starting next week, officials announced Friday, and McHenry County has received its first shipment of H1N1 vacc...
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Palatine District 15 first in line for swine flu vaccinationsOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - After much anticipation, Palatine Elementary School District 15 is the first announced school in the Chicago suburbs to set up student vaccinations for the H1N1 virus. P...