Articles filed under Health
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Doctors prescribe caution with insulin's cancer tiesOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Insulin and the medicines that increase the hormone may boost cancer risk in people with diabetes, said researchers at a diabetes conference. A review of studies present...
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Government finds higher autism figure: 1 in 100Oct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Two new government studies indicate about 1 in 100 American children have autism disorders -- higher than a previous U.S. estimate of 1 in 150. Greater awareness, broade...
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Running from recession: Runner chases job, marathon dreamOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Dunn is chasing his dream job - and his dream marathon. Since Dunn lost his management position in manufacturing this year, he spends 45 hours a week looking for wor...
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Health care workers need flu shots, too, but not all are getting themOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Could your local health care worker give you the flu? Out of concern that many health care workers don't get flu shots, and could spread the flu to patients, Chicago are...
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Cheating death: A physician's storyOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - David Servan-Schreiber was 31 when his world imploded. Ambitious and arrogant, he was a founding member of Doctors Without Borders and a rising star in neuropsychiatry. ...
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Your Health: Top tunes for marathonersOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Runner's playlists When the Chicago Marathon takes off this Sunday, the Black Eyes Peas will no doubt be giving some runners an extra push. A survey of runners in the wa...
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Obesity may reverse downward trend in breast cancer deathsOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Declines in breast cancer death rates in the U.S. may be threatened by a trend among women toward obesity, a risk factor for the disease, according to a report by the Am...
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Two agencies, seven events to fight diabetes SundayOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - No matter what aspect of the fight against diabetes you support, there's sure to be an event near you somewhere in the suburbs this Sunday. Not only will there be five C...
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Seasonal flu vaccine delayed for some providersSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The largest U.S. supplier of seasonal flu vaccines said it is running behind on shipping those vaccines -- partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of t...
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Kane County starts flu education campaignSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - If you have the flu now, chances are it's the H1N1 "swine" strain, according to the Kane County Health Department and an emergency room doctor at Delnor Hospital in Gene...