Health Care
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What you can learn from 36-year-old woman's heart attackFeb 25, 2016 5:09 am - Picture a heart attack survivor, and Jennifer Podkasik of Naperville is not the image that comes to mind. Imagine how a heart attack happens, and the way Podkasik's str...
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Women's heart facts for American Heart MonthFeb 22, 2016 4:30 am - During February, American Heart Month, doctors are educating women that heart attacks can come with atypical symptoms - other than the classic chest pressure or pain - t...
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Winchester Endoscopy Center partners with Surgical Care AffiliatesFeb 16, 2016 10:37 am - DEERFIELD - Surgical Care Affiliates has partnered with the physician members of Winchester Endoscopy Center in a new ambulatory surgical facility in Libertyville. The c...
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Small businesses traverse health care, tax complexitiesFeb 08, 2016 8:14 am - NEW YORK - As more requirements of the health care law take effect, income tax filing season becomes more complex for small businesses. Companies required to offer healt...
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Abbott to buy medical test maker Alere for $5.8BFeb 02, 2016 9:14 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Abbott Laboratories will buy Alere for $4.8 billion as it tries to expand its medical-testing business. The deal is worth $5.8 billion when restricted st...
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Deadline for health insurance enrollment is tonight
Feb 01, 2016 4:54 am - Sunday night is the sign-up deadline for subsidized private health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law. Administration officials say the deadline i...
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501st Legion brings smiles at Edward HospitalJan 28, 2016 5:00 am - Pediatric patients at Naperville's Edward Hospital had at least 501 reasons to smile on a recent January morning. That's because members of two charitable groups - the 5...
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Schaumburg to host blood drive Jan. 28Jan 20, 2016 9:53 am - The village of Schaumburg will host a community blood drive in recognition of National Blood Donor Month from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at The Barn, 231 Civic...
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Edward-Elmhurst re-ups to sponsor Naperville race through 2018Jan 22, 2016 5:19 am - Edward-Elmhurst Health will continue to sponsor the distance-running race established in 2013 in Naperville with an agreement announced Tuesday that lasts through 2018. ...
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Constable: New baby smell brings happiness this grim JanuaryJan 21, 2016 5:07 am - The grief we might feel at the demise of David Bowie, Alan Rickman or Glenn Frey serves as an appetizer for the heartache inflicted by the deaths of loved ones, co-worke...