Articles filed under Health
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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...
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CORPAK acquires Merck Serono’s U.K. sales, distributionOct 02, 2012 9:10 am - BUFFALO GROVE — CORPAK MedSystems, Inc., said it will acquire the gastroenterology sales and distribution operation of Merck Serono Limited in the U.K. and Ireland. Merc...
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Villa Park expo to help physically disabled improve accessibilityOct 01, 2012 11:00 am - After last year's Mobility Expo and Conference in Villa Park, Cindy Shaw, owner of the Home for Life Advantage home modification company, spent another two hours talking...
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Illinois sets benchmark for health coverageSep 28, 2012 3:53 pm - Illinois officials chose a relatively lean small-group policy Friday as the benchmark plan for essential health benefits in the state, another milepost in implementing P...
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Bayer, Onyx win FDA approval for cancer drugSep 27, 2012 4:01 pm - WASHINGTON — Bayer, Germany’s largest drugmaker, and Onyx Pharmaceuticals won regulatory approval Thursday for an advanced-colorectal cancer drug for patients whose dise...