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Breast cancer and the HCG diet
When VJ Sleight’s breast cancer returned last year, she wondered if the unusual recurrence – 23 years after her original diagnosis -- had anything to do with the controversial hCG diet that she had repeatedly followed. The near-starvation...
Tags: Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Estrogen, Hampton Roads Transit
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Illinois Medicaid's managed care effort stumbles
It can take years for people with cerebral palsy, autism, schizophrenia or Down syndrome to find trusted physicians to oversee their health. Now, families and advocates say, those medical relationships are being threatened as Illinois rolls out a new...Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics, Contracts, Social Issues, University of Chicago
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Treatment improves for age-related sight loss
Peter Miller was a high-powered businessman who owned several electronic security firms when he was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 1999. Like so many people who lose their central vision, Miller couldn't imagine life without the...
Tags: Psychotherapy, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, University of Chicago, Human Body
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Many parents turn child safety seat around too soon
A recent study showing that parents are turning car seats forward too early supports the need for ongoing education efforts on child passenger safety, public health and safety experts say.
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, American Academy of Pediatrics, Parenting
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Shootings leave 3 dead, 17 wounded across city
Tribune reportersA man was found shot to death in an alley in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side this morning , making him the third person slain since last night in shootings that left 17 others wounded citywide. Police responded to a call of shots fired at 7:29...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Garfield Park, Jackson Park, University of Chicago, Shootings
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Bus, car crash sends 2 to hospital
Two CTA bus passengers were taken to a hospital in good condition following a collision between the bus and a car in the Loop this afternoon, police said. The car and bus crashed at 2:09 p.m. in the 500 block of South State Street, according to...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Transit Authority, Health
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Kevin Hickey, former Orioles reliever, dies at age 56
Kevin Hickey, the quirky left-handed reliever who pitched parts of three seasons for the Orioles including the storybook 1989 "Why Not?" season, died Wednesday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He was 56. A Chicago native who spent three of...
Tags: Baseball, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Sports, Chicago White Sox
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Orioles notebook: Brian Roberts says he's closer than ever to returning
Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts knew the significance of Wednesday's date. It marked the one-year anniversary of Roberts' last game, when his headfirst slide at Fenway Park triggered a second wave of concussion symptoms May 16, 2011. Roberts said...
Tags: Baseball, Hospitals and Clinics, American League Central, Trips and Vacations, Brian Matusz
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CPS planning new neighborhood school to replace Crane Tech
Tribune reportersOn the eve of Wednesday's board vote on school closings and turnarounds, Chicago Public Schools has reached a deal with community leaders on the West Side to bring in a new neighborhood high school to replace Crane Tech, which is expected to begin a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Students, Health
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Busy bodies, healthy minds
Carol Adamitis had a stroke when she was 5 years old. Now, at 65, she is participating in research that annually tests her physical and mental health, examining her dexterity as she places pegs in a board and her memory as she repeats a series of numbers...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science, Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research
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Pollution can put minds in a fog
Those unpleasant air pollutants that can cause breathing problems and heart and blood vessel troubles could pose an additional health risk, according to a recent study on the cognitive effects of air pollution. Researchers recently found that older women...
Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Air Pollution, Alzheimer's Disease
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1 horrific play, and Rose's season over
After reaching all those dizzying heights and unfurling countless acrobatic moves in his first three spectacular seasons, Derrick Rose's fourth ended with an awful image. A jump stop. A clutch of his left knee as he rose two feet into the air. A...
Tags: Tom Thibodeau, Hospitals and Clinics, Kyle Korver, John Lucas III, Dwyane Wade
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