Articles filed under Health
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Restroom spies say we're washing hands more oftenSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Swine flu may have scared us straight, or maybe we're finally listening to our mothers. Whatever the reason, Americans are washing their hands more often, sugg...
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Bloomingdale couple at forefront of study on miscarriagesSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - A just-released University of Chicago Medical Center study shows that a blood procedure thought to prevent miscarriages isn't the magic remedy. Instead, as one Bloomingd...
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Boost immune system now before cold season arrivesSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Last school year was a particularly brutal one, minor-illness-wise, for the Butler family, complete with runny noses, hacking coughs and the not-so-occasional stomach fl...
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Biting back at bedbugs: Americans' mobile lifestyle part of the problemSep 12, 2010 11:00 pm - The brown bugs, each about half the size of a pencil eraser, lie in glass petri dishes - a few on their backs, legs in the air. They died within seconds of scurrying acr...
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Health officials see no repeat of last year's flu scareSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Last winter's long lines of panicked people waiting for flu shots to combat an impending H1N1 pandemic are not expected to resurface this season. Instead, health officia...
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A physician explains the flu shotSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - We asked Dr. Rami K. Taha, an infectious disease consultant with Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, to answer a few questions about this season's flu shot....
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FDA warns of deadly side effect with imaging drugsSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condi...
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CVS Caremark to give away up to $5 mil. in flu shotsSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will give away up to $5 million in seasonal flu vaccinations to people without health insurance. The Woonsocket, R.I., ...
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Don't be afraid of bulking up with resistance trainingSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I'm trying to lose weight for an upcoming wedding, and I'm debating lifting weights because I'm afraid of gaining too much muscle and getting bulky. Should I just foc...
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Powerful prescription painkillers open door to addictionSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Prescription drug abuse is a staple of daily papers and gossip rags alike - from high-profile celebrity overdoses and massive OxyContin busts to teen "pharm parties" - b...