Articles filed under Health
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After Ebola ban, N. Korea opens marathon to foreignersMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) - After lifting travel restrictions it imposed because of concerns over the Ebola virus, North Korea says foreigners can now take part in one of its most popu...
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Report: Suicides by girls and young women continue to climbMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The suicide rate for girls and young women in the U.S. continues to rise, at a pace far faster than for young males, health officials said Thursday. The ...
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States on edge about the future of health insurance marketsMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - MIAMI (AP) - Mixed signals from the Supreme Court have states on edge about the future of health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans. And a summer decision fro...
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Good Shepherd's $247 million modernization remains on targetMar 04, 2015 12:00 am - Work continues in full swing on the $247 million campus modernization project at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Lake Barrington. The four-year project includes const...
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Hoffman Estates hosts event for families with special needsMar 04, 2015 12:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates Commission for Disabled Citizens will host a series of presentations, vendor exhibits and hands-on experiences for families and individual...
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N. Chicago-based AbbVie to buy Pharmacyclics for $21BMar 04, 2015 12:00 am - AbbVie Inc. agreed to buy Pharmacyclics Inc. in a $21 billion deal after beating out Johnson & Johnson for control of a blockbuster blood cancer therapy that will help i...
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How much sugar is in that? WHO says we're eating too muchMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone's sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar an...
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Rubio-Lee tax plan rewards investors, parents, businessesMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - With an eye toward a possible run for the White House, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio signed onto an extensive plan Wednesday to cut taxes for investors, ...
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Clarification: Health Overhaul-Republicans storyMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - In some versions of a story published Oct. 20, 2014, The Associated Press reported that Ohio Gov. John Kasich said in an AP interview he did not believ...
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Mouse study finds extra oxygen may spur tumor-fighting cellsMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in attacking cancer. The immune s...