Articles filed under Health
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How measles spread and other frequently asked questions about the diseaseApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - The United States is experiencing its second-highest number of measles cases in nearly two decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the diagnosed cas...
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Pritzker to sign 'Tobacco 21' legislation on purchases into law SundayApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker will sign into law a statewide initiative that raises from 18 to 21 the minimum age to purchase tobacco products. The signing ceremony Sunday in Chica...
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CVS spreads same-day prescription deliveries to 36 statesApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - CVS Health is expanding same-day prescription deliveries nationwide in the latest push by drugstores to keep customers who don't want to wait and are doing more shopping...
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How waves of immigrants are overwhelming asylum processMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - Before 2013, about one of every 100 immigrants arriving at our borders asked for asylum. Now, it's one out of every 10. The glut of immigrants at our southern border has...
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Constable: How 7,000-mile trek through the Americas leads West African asylum-seeker to the suburbsMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Watching dramatic scenes of immigrants in a caravan moving toward the United States-Mexico border, this 20-year-old resident of the Northwest suburbs k...
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Book review: How running helped a young mother cope with griefMar 29, 2019 6:00 am - “Running Home” by Katie Arnold; Random House; 384 pages Grief has a way of reawakening us to our own bodies. When Katie Arnold's father was diagnosed with cancer, s...
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DOJ efforts to kill Obamacare, the cat with 9 lives, could cause health care havoc for millionsMar 27, 2019 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve Univ...
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Elmhurst Hospital Foundation celebrates 'Unstoppable You'Mar 26, 2019 1:00 am - The former co-host of TV's "Dancing with the Stars" and "Entertainment Tonight," Samantha Harris, was the keynote speaker at Edward-Elmhurst Health's recent "Unstoppable...
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U.S. experts: Too soon to pull breast implants tied to cancerMar 25, 2019 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. - Government medical advisers said Monday it's too soon to ban a type of breast implant that has recently been linked to a rare form of cancer, saying...
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'Produce Posse' shares nutrition tips with kids at Central DuPage HospitalMar 20, 2019 11:00 pm - There were a few unusual creatures roaming the hallways Wednesday at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. A large carrot. A pineapple. Even an avoc...