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    Feb 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Commuters continue to breathe diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station

    Thousands of commuters continue to breathe high levels of lung-damaging diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station, in part because of nagging maintenance problems at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks.
    Thousands of commuters continue to breathe high levels of lung-damaging diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station, in part because of nagging maintenance problems at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks. Testing by Amtrak has...

    Tags: Union (Tolland, Connecticut), Richard M. Daley, Environmental Issues, Dick Durbin, Asthma

    2. Jan 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Paula Deen's diabetes: Blaming the victim?

    As Southern celebrity chef Paula Deen certainly knows by now, people with Type 2 diabetes are routinely blamed for causing their disease by eating junky food and making unhealthy lifestyle choices. Known for high fat recipes that raise the risk for...

    Tags: Health, Food and Drug Administration, Human Body, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    3. Jan 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Fighting for air

    For brief moments, Cassie Stanley can forget her precarious relationship with death.
    For brief moments, Cassie Stanley can forget her precarious relationship with death. She forgot on Christmas morning when her family opened presents. At other times, she forgets by immersing herself in watching the Bulls or Cubs on TV in her family's...

    Tags: Jersey Shore (tv program), Television, Religious Festivals, Health, Apple iPhone

    4. Jan 15, 2012 |Story| CLTV

  4. The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation

    The <a title=&quot;TCF" href="http://treasurechest.org/">Pediatric Oncology Treasure </a><a class="runtimeTopic" href="#">Chest</a> Foundation started out with a Mom trying to bribe her 7-year old son to get to his cancer treatments.&nbsp; She realized if she brought a small toy as a reward, at least he had something to look forward to at the end of the day.&nbsp; Colleen Kisel wanted to help other families going through the same hardship by starting the <em>Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.</em>&nbsp; Starting with a just one chest at Chicago's <a title="HCH" href="http://www.advocatehealth.com/hope/default.cfm?id=1">Hope Children's Hospital</a>, the foundation now provides toys and giftcards to children and teens in hospitals nationwide.&nbsp;
    The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation started out with a Mom trying to bribe her 7-year old son to get to his cancer treatments.  She realized if she brought a small toy as a reward, at least he had something to look forward to at the end of...

    Tags: Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Chest, Health, Human Body

    5. Nov 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Optical illusion dampens arthritis pain

    Seeing the movements of a healthy hand mirroring one's own movements plays a welcome trick on the brains of arthritis sufferers, a new study shows: It reduces the perception of pain. The observation, reported this week at the Society for Neuroscience's...

    Tags: Hands, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Health, Arthritis

    6. Jan 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Robotic technology to treat lung cancer

    The da Vinci robotic technology allows doctors to perform more precise surgeries. The technique also enables patients to recover more quickly with fewer complications in many cases. The technique is used to perform many different types of surgeries. Dr. Gavin Henry, program director of the surgical residency at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, uses it over traditional lobectomy surgery to treat patients with lung cancer. The hospital said Henry is poised to outpace every surgeon in Maryland in the use of robotic technology for this operation. He talks about the technique below.
    The da Vinci robotic technology allows doctors to perform more precise surgeries. The technique also enables patients to recover more quickly with fewer complications in many cases. The technique is used to perform many different types of surgeries. Dr....

    Tags: Lung Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Chest, Health, Human Body

    7. Jan 11, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Treating menopause symptoms

    Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right treatment, explains Dr. Rakhi Gupta, a gynecologist at the Center for Women's Health at Good Samaritan Hospital. She answers some common questions about this life change.
    Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right...

    Tags: Stress, Breast Cancer, Birth Control, Health, Human Body

    8. Dec 28, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible

    Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready and are linked to methods that work for them, says Christine Schutzman, a certified tobacco treatment specialist who leads a free Freshstart smoking cessation program at the Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center.
    Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...

    Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Asthma, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Human Body

    9. Jan 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Prosecutors drop charges against 4 in '94 murder case

    Cook County prosecutors said today that they would not retry four men who won new trials late last year in a brutal 1994 murder in the Englewood neighborhood after DNA evidence from the crime linked a convicted murderer who has since died to the crime.
    Tribune reporters
    Cook County prosecutors said today that they would not retry four men who won new trials late last year in a brutal 1994 murder in the Englewood neighborhood after DNA evidence from the crime linked a convicted murderer who has since died to the crime....

    Tags: Trials, Judges, Health, Human Body, Justice System

    10. Jan 1, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Why we're fat, Part 2: Heredity plays role in how easily we gain — and lose — weight

    For the many Americans genetically programmed to add pounds, the effort to lose weight can seem doomed from the get-go. Mix in other factors no one can change &mdash; age, race, birth order &mdash; and the struggle becomes even tougher.
    For the many Americans genetically programmed to add pounds, the effort to lose weight can seem doomed from the get-go. Mix in other factors no one can change — age, race, birth order — and the struggle becomes even tougher. Though innate...

    Tags: Science, Health, Human Body, Medical Research, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    11. Jan 2, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Why we're fat, Part 3: Our lifestyle promotes added pounds

    Despite popular belief, a surge of laziness and gluttony is not what's making Americans fat, says science writer and fat researcher Gary Taubes, author of &quot;Why We Get Fat."
    Despite popular belief, a surge of laziness and gluttony is not what's making Americans fat, says science writer and fat researcher Gary Taubes, author of "Why We Get Fat." In looking at the past 30 years, during which time obesity rates have soared,...

    Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Cornell University, Bipolar Disorder, Colleges and Universities, Health

    12. Dec 31, 2011 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Why we're fat, Part 1: Simple question with many complex answers

    What's making Americans so fat?
    What's making Americans so fat? Many think the answer is that we eat too much and don't exercise enough, but the reasons are more numerous and complex, say obesity researchers. And so are the solutions. In the early 1970s, 14 percent of the adult...

    Tags: Science, Health, Medical Research, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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