Health Care
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FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety
Nov 26, 2021 12:00 am - Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks of birth de...
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Batavia man is the 100th person to receive minimally invasive heart procedure at Elgin hospitalNov 26, 2021 12:00 am - John Schweisthal of Batavia now has a healthy heart, and he can thank his bum hip for it. While recently undergoing tests in the lead-up to a scheduled hip replacement, ...
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Northwestern Medicine opens 50,000-sq. foot medical office building in BloomingdaleNov 23, 2021 10:00 pm - The newly expanded and renovated Northwestern Medicine Medical Office Building in Bloomingdale, Illinois is now open. The 50,000 square-foot facility at 231-235 S. Gary...
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Northwestern Medicine opens expanded medical office building in BloomingdaleNov 22, 2021 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGDALE - The newly expanded and renovated Northwestern Medicine Medical Office Building in Bloomingdale is now open. The 50,000-square-foot facility at 231-235 S. ...
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Orthopedic group pioneering new rotator cuff procedureNov 21, 2021 10:00 pm - DES PLAINES - The Illinois Bone & Joint Institute is using a new balloon implant procedure to treat patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears in their shoulde...
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OAK Orthopedics, a division of Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, opens full service orthopedic clinic in BourbonnaisNov 21, 2021 10:00 pm - DES PLAINES, Ill., November 22, 2021 - Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, one of the largest independent, physician-owned orthopedic practices in the U.S., announces the o...
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Constable: How DuPage nurses rushed to the rescue at an overwhelmed WahlburgersNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nurses save lives. It's what they do. A group of elite registered nurses from Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital stepped outside their comfort zones to save a...
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'This really is a miracle': How nontraditional methods help uninsured get health careNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - It had been more than a decade since Armando Hernandez had last seen a dentist. “I live on Social Security and I'm retired, so I don't have insurance, and things just ad...
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Hanover Township launches in-home care program for seniorsNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Food insecurity isn't the only humanitarian crisis to be emphasized or worsened by the pandemic. The hardships faced by some seniors in assisted living facilities has gi...
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Aptar tops the new Forbes Green Growth listNov 18, 2021 10:00 pm - CRYSTAL LAKE - AptarGroup Inc. said it has been ranked No. 1 on Forbes' inaugural Green Growth 50 list, which highlights large American corporations that have cut greenh...