Articles filed under Health
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Obesity may reverse downward trend in breast cancer deathsOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Declines in breast cancer death rates in the U.S. may be threatened by a trend among women toward obesity, a risk factor for the disease, according to a report by the Am...
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Two agencies, seven events to fight diabetes SundayOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - No matter what aspect of the fight against diabetes you support, there's sure to be an event near you somewhere in the suburbs this Sunday. Not only will there be five C...
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Seasonal flu vaccine delayed for some providersSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The largest U.S. supplier of seasonal flu vaccines said it is running behind on shipping those vaccines -- partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of t...
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Kane County starts flu education campaignSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - If you have the flu now, chances are it's the H1N1 "swine" strain, according to the Kane County Health Department and an emergency room doctor at Delnor Hospital in Gene...
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Congress examines supplements with steroidsSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- An influential senator is looking into whether Congress should re-regulate dietary supplements because steroids and other banned substances are finding the...
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Swine flu complicates asthma season, but that's OKSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - With H1N1 flu on the horizon, more children than normal are coming in to see asthma and allergy specialists - a good plan for patients and families preparing to deal wit...
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Induced hypothermia brings victims back from brink of deathSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - David Ayello gets cold if a cool breeze wafts by. He needs extra blankets at night. No one knows if it's a physical or imagined reaction to the 10 days he spent in a com...
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More than half million kids have bad drug reactionsSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization,...
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Your Health: A new mattress could help you catch some z'sSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Bed buys Rough night? A new mattress could help you catch some z's - if you get the right brand. A Consumer Reports survey of 17,000 online subscribers who bought a bed ...
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In Dairyland, Pollan's 'Food' book sparks debateSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - One best-selling book advocating fresh, local foods is shaking up America's Dairyland. Students across University of Wisconsin-Madison's campus, organic grocers, scienti...