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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Dietary supplements claiming to help postmenopausal women with bone health may not be doing what they say, according to new research from Purdue University. “We found that some plant-derived isoflavones have a modest effect on suppressing bone loss during post-menopause, but more concerning is many dietary supplements that claim to have [...]

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Student Health Center on Tuesday (Sept. 8) reported health-care providers there treated 40 students for flulike symptoms from Sunday through 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. The week before, there were 111 cases. In comparison, there were 66 reported cases of flulike illness during the peak week of the previous school year. [...]

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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana inked a new multi-year contract on August 31st, one day ahead of the September 1st expiration date on the previous contract. This new agreement will maintain in-network health care benefits for policyholders and employer groups [...]

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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On September 1, 2009 at approximately 11:00p, deputies from the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence located just off of County Road 200 East in southern Tippecanoe County. They were dispatched to the residence after a child had called 911 and reported that her father had [...]

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University police arrested a West Lafayette man early Tuesday (Sept. 1) after he allegedly injured an 11-month-old girl in the Purdue Village Apartment Complex hours earlier. Eric M. Ellis, 19, was charged with battery resulting in bodily injury to a person younger than 14 years old and neglect of a [...]

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Student Health Center on Wednesday (Sept. 2) reported that 47 students with suspected H1N1 influenza (swine flu) have been treated there. All appear to have relatively mild cases, much like the seasonal flu. The patients have been advised to take the same steps they would for any type of [...]

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