 | Four major Chicago teaching hospitals have landed on a list of institutions whose patients encounter substantially more medical complications than at the average hospital, according to data evaluated by the Medicare program. Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures |
 | Clare's parents long dismissed her awkward falls and other difficulties as quirks and clumsiness until an occupational therapist offered a surprising remedy — install a bungee swing in their living room. "Swing kid" deals with sensory disorder |
 | Nationwide, the number of dental-related visits to the ER jumped by 16 percent during a three-year period between 2006 and 2009. In Illinois, about 65,500 residents in 2009 went to the ER for dental conditions, of which almost half were deemed preventable. 'Dentistry from the Heart' helps uninsured patients |
 | Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis? In most cases, no. Graphic: Some of the procedures nine major physicians groups have identified as mostly unnecessary. |
 | Studies show for both man and dog that being overweight increases the risk of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, degenerative joints, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, tumors, skin diseases and a shortened life span. |
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