Articles filed under Health
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Duckworth, Kaifesh disagree on what to do with 'Obamacare'Oct 08, 2014 5:00 am - Neither Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth nor her 8th District Republican challenger Larry Kaifesh see the Affordable Care Act — often referred to as “Obamacare” — as...
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1st Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has diedOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a little more than a week after his diagnosis exposed gaps in the na...
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6,300 Illinoisans apply to use medical marijuanaOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois doctors have signed off on Illinois medical marijuana for patients with cancer, severe fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. ...
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Chicago aldermen want Ebola screening at airportsOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - Two Chicago aldermen want international passengers arriving at the city's two airports screened for the Ebola virus and other infectious diseases. Aldermen Edward Burke ...
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3 win Nobel for super-zoom microscopesOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - STOCKHOLM - Three researchers won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for giving microscopes much sharper vision than was thought possible, letting scientists peer into living ce...
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Palatine to re-evaluate medical marijuana proposal rejected last monthOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - A proposal to establish a medical marijuana dispensary in Palatine that previously was rejected by the village council will be reconsidered next year. The plan, presente...
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Next edition of HealthCare.gov is unveiledOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration unveiled an updated version of HealthCare.gov on Wednesday. It has some improvements and some challenges. There's also at least one...
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O'Hare among airports monitoring travelers for EbolaOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The government plans to begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa arriving at five U.S. airports, including O'Hare International Airport, ...
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Constable: Maine South grad's work links sense of smell, deathOct 07, 2014 5:30 am - The predictor of when you will die isn't right under your nose. It is your nose. “The sense of smell is like the canary in the coal mine,” says Dr. Jayant Pinto, a 1988 ...
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Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must dieOct 07, 2014 1:01 am - MADRID - Health officials in Spain rushed to contain the Ebola virus Tuesday after it escaped Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a nu...