Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:07:13 -0600 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:07:13 -0600 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Better_Sleep_Through_Psychology_Chicago.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:04:34 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/sleep_640x480.jpg
Are you getting enough sleep? Researchers found a 50 percent increase in prescriptions for sleep aids in one recent 10-year period. But many find that medication isn't enough.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/around-town/food-drink/Thanksgiving-Calorie-Counter-Breakdown-70622747.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:40:02 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/Scolding.jpg
Helping you helping us be less ashamed of you this holiday season.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/New-Website-Rates-and-Compares-IL-Hospitals-70526527.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:55:38 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/ambulance13rs.jpg
It's like a health care menu.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Study_Kills_Joy_of_Movie_Theater_Popcorn_Chicago.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:13:44 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*67/070609+Movie+Popcorn.jpg
Let's go out to the lobby and get ourselves three quarter pounders and 12 pats of butter. Or some popcorn. Same difference.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/health-care-rescission--70338932.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:03:18 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/red-stethoscope_448x336.jpg
How could a health insurer drop you as soon as you get sick, and blame it on you?

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/OB_GYN_Drops_Patient_One_Day_Before_Due_Date_Chicago.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:59:51 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/pregnant-mom_640x480.jpg
As a health care debate wages on, patients around the country are speaking out about problems they see.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/music-medicine-brain-rehabilitation-69812472.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:06:06 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/music2.jpg
Have a bad day and music can lift your spirits. Have a brain injury and music can actually rehabilitate.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Mom-Dies-of-Swine-Flu-Days-After-Babys-Birth-69611252.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:48:23 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/Baby1sss.jpg
11 days after delivery, Martha Castillo passed away.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/chicago-american-psychological-association-stress-survey-69007287.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:50:49 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/stress+generic.jpg
Not surprisingly, more of you say you're stressed about work and job stability.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/concussion-impact-safety-test-high-school-college-athlete-67387947.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:42:54 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/brain2.jpg
Roughly a million athletes get concussions every year, and there's concern about how they may impact a teen athlete's brain.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Call-An-Ambulance-Get-a-Taxi-66723887.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:07:18 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/medstar-generic.jpg
Fort Worth’s ambulance service is considering a plan to call taxis for non-serious flu patients.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/illinois-department-insurance-hmo-agree-h1n1-vaccine-66717642.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:25:25 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/h1n1wbox.jpg
Many smaller insurance companies will also cover the administration costs of the H1N1 vaccine for all or most of their policyholders.

]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=cc2da4bbbdf3ff6ebcfdc11105caedb8&p=4 cc2da4bbbdf3ff6ebcfdc11105caedb8 ]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:25:25 -0600 http://www.nbcchicago.com/station/about-us/Dr-Malloy-talks-about-H1N1-Vaccine-65801562.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:13:27 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/flu+shot+24hrs.jpg
Dr. Malloy is answering your questions about the H1N1 vaccine.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/City-Offers-Free-Swine-Flu-Vaccines-65210177.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:55:10 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/flu+shot+24hrs.jpg
Six city college locations will serve as flu shot administering centers.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Zap_Away_the_Fat_Bay_Area.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:34:28 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/KNTV_Zap_Away_the_Fat_100709_64_mezzn_640x480.jpg
The laser treatment Zerona promises to slim your profile by between three and nine inches without going under the knife.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/AG-Takes-on-Froot-Loops-64352537.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:12:21 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/frootloops_new.JPG
The Quaker Oats man looks so trustworthy, but Attorney General Richard Blumenthal thinks you're being misled. Count Chocula and Toucan Sam are in his radar, too.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Mom-May-Lose-400-Pound-Orlando-Teen-64352077.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:06:23 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/101509+obese.jpg
Josiah Lewis, 13, may be put in foster care if he can't slim down.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/One-in-a-Million-Shot-64189142.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:42:02 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/jennings2.jpg
The flu vaccine could end a Virginia woman's shot at being a Redskins cheerleader.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Swine-Flu-to-Halt-Religious-Traditions-64037802.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:36 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*85/111008-communion-wafers2.jpg
A Pennsylvania Catholic Diocese will suspend sacred practices during worship service to prevent the spread of swine flu.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/chicago-daley-support-abortion-protest-ordinance-63920562.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:50:04 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*74/79162141.jpg
Mayor Richard Daley said he'll sign a City Council-approved ordinance which forces protesters to keep a healthy distance from women entering abortion clinics.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Jack-LaLanne----95-Years-and-Counting-63686892.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:46:19 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/jacklalanne.jpg
Ripped muscles and a cut, trim physique aren't exactly the images that come to mind when one thinks of a man who's nearly a century old. Unless that man is Jack LaLanne.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/NATl-Swine-Flu-Vaccine-Campaign-Begins--63654737.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:54:57 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/swine+flu+kid-640.jpg
The swine flu vaccine is ready – are you?

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/H1N1-Vaccine-is-Here-and-You-Cant-Get-It-63609022.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:30:53 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/H1N1_640x480.jpg
Chicago hospitals have received H1N1 vaccine but people will have to wait as high-risk patients go first.

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