Articles filed under Health
-
12 ways to shrink your health care footprintMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Our carbon footprints are calculations of the greenhouse gases we're individually responsible for. Reduce yours, and you can take some satisfaction in having done someth...
-
How to treat molluscum skin rashMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The middle-schooler and his mom were waiting patiently behind the closed exam room door. I stood out in the hall reading the nurse's note that described the reason for t...
-
Three Palatine tire shop managers become fathers togetherMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - NTB not only guarantees four new tires in an hour, now it can boast four babies in a couple of days. Three managers at the National Tire & Battery in Palatine were ready...
-
Streamwood woman finally has trim shape to match 85-pound weight lossMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Like a lot of people, Kat England made a resolution last year to lose weight. Unlike most dieters, she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams. In nine months, the 46-year-o...
-
Creeping waistline speeds path to grave, new study findsMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A 5-foot-9-inch man whose weight creeps up by 30 pounds to 205 may die three years earlier as a result, according to research that found even a moderate gain can drag do...
-
Patients put off health care to save money - and wind up in hospitalMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The cardiologist told his patient he needed to clear a clogged artery. The patient said he couldn't miss work or he'd lose his job. The doctor told the patient he might ...
-
Medical maggots don't speed healing of a woundMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Maggots are no better in healing wounds than a commonly used gel, a study suggests. Nurses placed either the worm-like creatures or a hydrogel and surgical dressing on p...
-
Watch it, whippersnappers: These seniors are schooled in Cane-FuMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida -- Pay no mind to the groans that come with stretching, to hair that is gray or gone altogether. Ignore the cautiousness of their steps and the cane...
-
Nurses share their own colon cancer stories to promote screeningMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As an oncology nurse, Trisha Simon can empathize with patients suffering from the pain, fatigue and nausea of cancer and its treatment. Though just 36, she has colon can...
-
Verdict out on prostate cancer screeningMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Prostate cancer screening may save a small number of lives at best, while exposing many more men to side effects of treatment, according to studies in the U.S. and Europ...