 | Obstetricians at Chicago-area hospitals estimate as many as 90 percent of local mothers who give birth vaginally have epidurals — a sharp increase from a generation ago when many women rejected pain relief to "go natural." |
 | Almost a decade after a new law went into effect to strengthen health privacy protections, the number of breaches of patient records and databases across the U.S. suggests that personal health information is not as secure as one may expect. GRAPHIC: Health privacy breaches |
 | The study, led by professors at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, has found that people who are active are sharper and experience lower rates of Alzheimer's disease. Aging well, and with attitude |
 | Six teenagers have shown up in emergency rooms in the last few months with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer, worrying public health officials who say the cases could signal a dangerous trend. VIDEO: Teens Using Hand Sanitizer to Get Buzzed - Chris Wolfe reports |
 | Like so many explorers before him, Dr. Adam Ostrzenski has long dreamed of finding a piece of elusive territory with a reputation for near-mythic powers. Guidelines limiting prostate cancer screening are widely ignored |
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