Articles filed under Health
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New way to see if Lake Michigan is safe for swimmingJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Beach bummer High bacteria levels in the water can literally mean no day at the beach. If you're thinking about fun in the sun on beautiful Lake Michigan, there's a new...
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Doctors say more ovary transplants possibleJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors sa...
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People with kids, disabilities to feel the pinch without a state budgetJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Social service workers in the suburbs got advance notice of impending layoffs Wednesday, as confusion over funding reigned because of the state budget impasse. Many huma...
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Human service agencies begin layoffsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - On the last day before the state budget expired, one Aurora social services agency laid off 80 workers and told 1,100 clients with developmental and mental health disabi...
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FDA requires new warnings for smoking-cessation drugsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effect...
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Aurora rolls toward long-awaited skate parkJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Skaters have been busting out nose stalls, rail stands and ollies at skate parks on Aurora's far east and west sides for years. Now long-awaited plans for a new skate pa...
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FDA seeks to reduce painkiller overdosesJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life. But ...
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Childhood cancer survivors have more illnesses as adultsJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - People who survived childhood brain cancer were 13 times more likely to die within 30 years than others their age, a study found. The most common cause of death was recu...
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Food myths die hard -- here's the real story on healthy eatingJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Even if you're up on nutrition news, it can be hard to keep score on the latest super-food or the newest no-no. That's because science is still in the process of learnin...
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Prevention saves money? Maybe not as much as you'd thinkJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabet...