Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:26:12 -0600 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:26:12 -0600 NBC Local Integrated Media 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.

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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.

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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.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/tech/50-Pound-Weight-Loss-Just-a-Click-Away-63284547.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:18:12 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/mirror-weight-loss.jpg
Picture yourself with less weight in minutes.The only exercise you have to do is a simple rep of point, click and drag.

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Trauma patients have a better chance of survival if intoxicated.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/On_Line_Weight_Loss_Mirror_Bay_Area.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:47:07 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/KNTV_On_Line_Weight_Loss_Mirror_093009_47_mezzn_640x480.jpg
Ever wonder what you would look like at your goal weight? Wonder no more.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Try-Some-Craft-Therapy-62678552.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:34:11 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/generic-knitting.jpg
Is "craft therapy" the secret to stress relief and relaxation.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Man-Sues-Froot-Loops-for-Not-Being-Frooty-at-All-62674757.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:56:19 -0600 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kl_paige/ /
Is froot the same as fruit? Roy Werbel thought so and now he is mad about it.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Laughter_May_Just_Be_the_Best_Medicine_Chicago.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:12:55 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*66/cheeringworkers.JPG
Research shows actual physiological changes when you laugh, changes that may strengthen the immune system and help healing.

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There will be no kissing under the full moon at Stanford this year -- at least not officially.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Relief-for-migraine-sufferers-61181792.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:14:59 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*66/generic+migraine+headache.jpg
Relief from debilitating migraines could be just a puff away.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Firefighters-Save-Trapped-Penis-61110862.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:21:49 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/surgery_doctor_medical.jpg
An urban search and rescue team has the right tools for a delicate job.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/Miracle-Drug-HIV-Vaccine-Cut-Risk-of-Infection-by-Third-61048097.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:39:06 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/120*90/vaccine-640.jpg
A new cocktail of vaccines has been successful in blocking the AIDS virus, in what is being hailed as a major medical breakthrough in the fight against the deadly epidemic.

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