 | The stories of some who have had strokes and other serious brain illnesses show the many paths recovery can take. Some fight through rehabilitation to return to their old jobs. Others get back to work, though to a less challenging job. Others never go back to the workplace. Mark Kirk's surgery to remove section of skull indicates serious event |
 | Federal authorities have approved a nursing home bed tax that will allow Illinois to collect more than $100 million a year in new Medicaid money that officials say will be used to boost facility staffing levels and implement other safety reforms mandated by a landmark 2010 overhaul. Tribune investigation: Nursing home safety |
 | The iodide dye used in heart scans and other medical imaging might damage some people's thyroid glands, which could cause important health problems later on, researchers say. Is myxedema the same as an underactive thyroid? |
 | A new study showing an estimated 7 percent of American teens and adults carry the human papillomavirus in their mouths may help health experts finally understand why rates of mouth and throat cancer have been climbing for nearly 25 years. Oral sex practices play a key role in transmission. Oral cancers and the HPV virus |
 | Grateful for the in vitro fertilization that enabled a couple to become parents, one believed donating the extra embryos to advance reproductive technology or treat debilitating diseases would be best. The other imagined more kids or donating the embryos for another couple to do the same. |
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