Health Care
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Constable: 10-year-old dances through pandemic, and two heart transplantsSep 05, 2020 1:00 am - YouTube #8220;It's a break from the outside world. I dance by myself every day,#8221; Olivia says, adding that she doesn't even need music to dance her heart out. She di...
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Amita Health adds innovative heart surgery procedureSep 03, 2020 11:00 pm - LISLE - Amita Health is among the first health care providers in the Chicago area to bring a surgical alternative for stroke reduction in patients with nonvalvular atria...
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Delnor Hospital achieves obesity treatment accreditationSep 02, 2020 5:00 am - GENEVA - The Northwestern Medicine Metabolic Health and Surgical Weight Loss Center at Delnor Hospital is among the first in the state to achieve the new Obesity Medicin...
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Constable: Therapist's good deed multiplied with a wedding giveawaySep 01, 2020 5:30 am - YouTube In June, a call went out on Instagram seeking #8220;heroes#8221; whose 2020 wedding plans were canceled because of COVID-19 as Laura Reitsma, owner of a wedding ...
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Walgreens launches program for pain reliefAug 31, 2020 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Tuesday announced the launch of its store-brand diclofenac gel, an over-the-counter, prescription-strength arthritis pain relief medicine in topica...
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Baxter gets FDA authorization for dialysis therapyAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - DEERFIELD - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the De Novo application for Baxter International Theranova, a novel dialysis membrane. Theranova was design...
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Former Rite Aid CEO named Walgreens presidentAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - Walgreens Boots Alliance Monday tapped former Rite Aid CEO John Standley to be president of the Deerfield-based Walgreens drugstore chain. Standley, 56, will lead all Wa...
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Fox Valley Orthopedics expands to meet growing community needAug 30, 2020 11:00 pm - In an effort to meet a growing community need for orthopedic specialists, Fox Valley Orthopedics is expanding with the addition of five new orthopedic surgeons in the Ba...
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Constable: Ex-football lineman now doctor on pandemic front lineAug 28, 2020 11:00 pm - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com As the new chairman of the department of medicine for NorthShore University HealthSystem, Dr. John P. Erwin III is on the fr...
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Gurnee facility to manufacture Abbott rapid COVID-19 testsAug 28, 2020 7:00 pm - Updated 8/29 to correct the number of jobs being created. Emergency authorization for use in the U.S. came Wednesday but Abbott Laboratories has been preparing for ...