Articles filed under Health
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SIU breast, prostate cancer research gets fundingJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Research on breast cancer and prostate cancer just got a big federal boost at Southern Illinois University in Springfield. Grants totaling more than $400,...
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Hearing to focus on changes at Oak Forest HospitalJan 18, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County Health and Hospitals System has applied to the state's health facilities board to end inpatient care, emergency services and surgeries at a suburban Chicago ...
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Arlington Hts. hospital can now care for tiniest babiesJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Northwest Community Hospital can now care for the tiniest of premature newborns, the Arlington Heights hospital announced Monday. The Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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Poll shows raw feelings ease over health lawJan 15, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack ...
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Cancer survivor aims to raze barriers with appJan 15, 2011 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1990s, Marty Tenenbaum was a hotshot e-commerce entrepreneur riding high on the dot-com boom when he noticed a lump on his body. His doctor ...
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What goes up, won't go down this yearJan 14, 2011 10:00 pm - Just keep that wallet handy. Whipsawed consumers — facing a 66 percent Illinois income tax increase just as the nation climbs out of recession — now need to brace for pr...
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Researcher finds easy solution for test anxietyJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - SEATTLE — A simple writing exercise can relieve students of test anxiety and may help them get better scores than their less anxious classmates, a new study has found. ...
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Carle Foundation to test head-cooling systemJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - URBANA — Keeping a cool head has always been a good thing in emergencies, and now neurosurgeons at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana will have a chance to find ou...
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Lilly, Boehringer collaborate on diabetes drugsJan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly will pay Boehringer Ingelheim $387.4 million and collaborate with the German drugmaker to develop diabetes drugs with the U.S. pharmaceutical c...
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Health care trade show coming back to ChicagoJan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Chicago has won back a major health care trade show expected to draw about 30,000 attendees and generate an estimated $33 million in direct spending. Mayor Richard Daley...