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WASHINGTON — The nation’s emergency physicians are urging America’s students to stay safe during their spring break vacations by offering 10 tips to help avoid a trip to the emergency department.
WASHINGTON — Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, a study being released today found.
CHICAGO — Prevent Blindness America has launched Star Pupils, a campaign designed to educate parents on children’s vision issues.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE — Don’t be surprised if at your child’s next doctor visit, the pediatrician hands out an anti-obesity prescription.
CHICAGO — Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a $2.2 million federal grant to look at how food advertising on television affects a child’s diet, physical activity and weight.
IRVINE, Calif. — MoveIt4.org is a new Web site offering teenagers information, tools and interaction to encourage them to become more active and take more responsibility for their own health and nutrition.
MADISON, Wis. — As if hot flashes and insomnia aren’t enough, women after menopause often suffer another vexing symptom of hormone changes — dry eye.
MADISON, Wis. — Whooping cough is becoming more common in infants — and a suggested solution is for women to get a booster vaccination before they become pregnant or right after they give birth.
WASHINGTON — Women might think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome, the thing that makes a man male, is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Five University of Michigan inventors have lined up $11 million for a company that will make their ultrasound tool for treating prostate disease without surgery.
WASHINGTON — The nation’s emergency physicians are urging America’s students to stay safe during their spring break vacations by offering 10 tips to help avoid a trip to the emergency department.
WASHINGTON — Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, a study being released today found.
ROCKFORD — Eveline Lawrence, surgery records and registration coordinator at Rockford Memorial Hospital, has been named Rockford Health System’s February Employee of the Month.
HealthyRockford.com wonders what you think Democrats should do if they don't get GOP support on health care reform.