Articles filed under Health
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Takeda targets 500 local workers for layoffsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. in Deerfield said Wednesday it plans to eliminate 1,600 positions, including 500 locally, and close its Lake Forest facility, a...
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Cancer panel: 'Grievous harm' posed by unchecked chemicalsMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - An expert panel that advises President Obama on cancer said that Americans are facing "grievous harm" from chemicals in the air, food and water that have largely gone un...
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Fittest losers plan for new look as weight comes offMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the best parts about losing weight is seeing the change in how your clothing fits. Our five Fittest Loser competitors are finding that out as their three-month w...
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Your teen still needs to sleep like a babyMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - School was going pretty well, and with a number of B's and a smattering of A's to show for his effort, the high school freshman should have been pleased with his academi...
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Tittering when all is in tattersMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Catastrophic oil spill. Times Square bomber. Teetering global economies. Even a recall of your kid's medicine. You need a laugh. Don't see anything funny? Fake it - you'...
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Radical treatment offered for those with severe asthmaMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes thei...
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From a size 24 to a size 4: Geneva woman shares weight loss strategiesMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - "How'd she do that?" is a question Maureen Bliss hears, now and then, especially when people recognize her, which might not be easy. Bliss is less than half the woman sh...
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Risk of Lyme, other tick-borne disease peaks in springMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Lyme disease is by far the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, and spring and summer are when you need to be most wary, since the ticks that spread the ...
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Long Grove mom shares her story of living with lupusMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Kelly Jean Drury, a 34-year-old Long Grove mother of two, says she is one of the lucky ones. That's despite a diagnosis of lupus that came out of the blue, derailing the...
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I know you mean well, but you can't solve my disabilityMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A woman walks up behind me at Filene's Basement. I am busy balancing my cane and an overwhelming armful of bargains. She says apologetically, "I am sorry for the intrusi...