Contributor ReportsO'Hare, Midway to offer swine flu shots
Source: Chicago Tribune
Illinois :: IL :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 20:59:45 -0800 2009 | health-news
Travelers weary from Thanksgiving sojourns can at least multi-task on the return trip through Chicago airports this weekend. O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway Airport plan to expand their seasonal flu vaccine services to include the hard-to-find H1N1 vaccine by...
Drug Ads Cost Consumers More
Posted by: Sherrill_Fulghum
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated Tue Nov 24 23:33:38 -0800 2009 | health-news
Some research studies have shown that those advertisements inundating the television airwaves over the past years is costing public funded health programs like Medicaid even more. While the number of prescriptions have remained constant, the cost of these prescriptions have...
ReachKane slates vote on video gambling in bars
Source: The Batavia Sun
Geneva :: IL :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 22:11:07 -0800 2009 | health-news
A vote may come next month that could decide the fate of video gaming in Kane County. County Board members decided this week that a vote will be needed on whether to ban gambling machines in unincorporated areas; the devices...
Doubts raised on coma recovery
Source: Chicago-Sun Times
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 02:20:52 -0800 2009 | health-news
Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body. Resurrection Health Care, Chicago, the...
Democrats Focus on G.O.P. Senators From Maine
Source: The New York Times
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated Sun Nov 22 21:36:38 -0800 2009 | health-news
The two moderate Republican senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe , say Senator Harry Reid , the majority leader, reached out to them after he unveiled the Senate measure, encouraging them to bring forward their ideas and...
Depression: mental illness
Posted by: hasnain
Hoffman Estates :: IL :: USA | updated Fri Nov 20 22:33:24 -0800 2009 | health-news
The word depression is often used when someone is “miserable”, “in a mood” or “feeling low”. This is somehow very confusing because depression is not about having got out of bed on the wrong side. It is a much serious...
H1N1 Influenza Continues to Circulate
Source: Extra News
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated Thu Nov 19 18:00:59 -0800 2009 | health-news
So far most people infected with the virus have experienced regular flu symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat and body aches. A significant number of people have reported vomiting and diarrhea. Anyone experiencing severe flu-like symptoms should contact a...
Happy {Safe} Halloween
Posted by:
chinadove_88 
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated Mon Oct 19 07:04:02 -0700 2009 | health-news
Hello my Trick or Treaters, This year our beloved Halloween falls on a Saturday. Which is great because everybody can party harty. Lets keep in mind some helpful safety tips. When you leave your drink open and walk away,grab a...
Valley residents relate their struggles with health care
Source: The Geneva Sun
Batavia :: IL :: USA | updated Sun Nov 15 16:26:52 -0800 2009 | health-news
While the health care legislation approved by the House is "far from perfect," U.S. Rep. Bill Foster says he voted for it because it "included many of the principles that I believe to be critical in improving how Americans receive...
Decoded Pig's DNA could lead to new era in Swine flu treatment
Posted by: kalex
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated Fri Nov 06 17:14:44 -0800 2009 | health-news
Scientists from Chicago University sucessfully decoded the DNA of pig, which would help in finding new treatment of differents of different diseases in pigs as well as human beings.May be this will bring a new era to develop swine flu...
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