Articles filed under Health
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DuPage Medical Group building opens Monday in WheatonApr 11, 2014 1:01 am - Earth-toned walls, wood accents and calming photos of nature will welcome patients when the DuPage Medical Group building in downtown Wheaton opens Monday. The group hos...
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Subway: 'Yoga mat' chemical almost out of breadApr 11, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Subway says an ingredient dubbed the "yoga mat" chemical will be entirely phased out of its bread by next week. The disclosure comes as Subway has suffered fr...
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Sebelius: Work at HHS is the 'cause of my life'Apr 11, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the government is making "tremendous progress" toward fixing what she called a broken health syst...
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Obama announces Sebelius resignation, successorApr 11, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised outgoing Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for helping to steer his health care law's comeback after a rocky rollo...
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U of I exploring more independent medical collegeApr 10, 2014 1:01 am - URBANA, Ill. - The chancellor at the University of Illinois says a consulting firm is working on a report about whether the school should establish a more autonomous Col...
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April 10: CLC offers alcohol screening dayApr 08, 2014 11:00 pm - The College of Lake County Health Center will conduct free, anonymous screenings for alcohol problems as part of National Alcohol Screening Day on Thursday, April 10. Sc...
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UK scientists make body parts in labApr 08, 2014 5:30 am - LONDON - In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in a bold attempt to make body parts in the laboratory. It's far from the only ...
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Survey confirms gains in health insurance sign-upsApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A growing share of Americans got health insurance as signup season for President Barack Obama's health care law came to a close last month, a major survey r...
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Electrical device helps paralyzed men move legsApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - LONDON - Three years ago, doctors reported that zapping a paralyzed man's spinal cord with electricity allowed him to stand and move his legs. Now they've done the same ...
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Fact Checker: Obama's clam that billion spent attacking health actApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - "We didn't have billions of dollars of commercials like some critics did." - President Barack Obama, remarks in the Rose Garden, April 1, 2014 Were there really "billion...