Articles filed under Health
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Palatine women’s group to hold ‘Obamacare’ forumOct 07, 2012 3:34 pm - The League of Women’s Voters Palatine Area will host a nonpartisan information meeting, “Obamacare”, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Palatine police station c...
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CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7Oct 06, 2012 2:04 pm - ATLANTA — Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven. In updated figures posted to its website Sat...
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Doctors say spine shots for steroids are usually safeOct 05, 2012 5:10 pm - Millions of people get steroid shots in their backs to relieve pain. Now they are probably wondering if it’s safe. In 23 states, hundreds, possibly thousands, of back-p...
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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47Oct 05, 2012 5:10 pm - NEW YORK — Health officials have identified about 75 medical clinics across the country to help track down patients who got steroid shots linked to a deadly meningitis o...
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Rolling Meadows students tackle mental health issuesOct 04, 2012 4:30 pm - Rolling Meadows High School sophomores will learn more about mental health issues such as depression, self-injury, and alcoholism in their health classes this semester. ...
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Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortionsOct 04, 2012 4:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded Thursday, offering strong evidence for how a bitter...
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Research on mice suggests new fertility treatmentsOct 04, 2012 1:58 pm - NEW YORK — Scientists have turned mouse skin cells into eggs that produced baby mice — a technique that, if successfully applied to humans, could someday allow women to ...
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Hundreds seen at risk in meningitis outbreakOct 04, 2012 9:30 am - NEW YORK — The potential scope of the meningitis outbreak that has killed at least five people widened dramatically Thursday as health officials warned that hundreds, pe...
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Smoked salmon blamed for salmonella outbreakOct 02, 2012 4:13 pm - THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands, sparking major recalls there and in the U.S.,...
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Context 4 expands relationship with Health DesignOct 02, 2012 9:10 am - NAPERVILLE — Context 4 Healthcare announced an expanded partnership with Health Design Plus, with their purchase of Context’s FirstPass medical claim editing solution. H...