Health Care
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AbbVie ends work on cancer drug after failuresAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - AbbVie Inc. said it would stop all research on its experimental cancer treatment Rova-T, a drug it bought in its $5.8 billion 2016 takeover of Stemcentrx Inc. The decisi...
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Amita plans to close mental illness units in Elgin, Elk Grove Village, boost Aurora, Hoffman Estates unitsAug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - Plans by Amita Health to close two acute mental illness units at hospitals in Elgin and Elk Grove Village dismayed one local lawmaker “This is shameful,” state Sen. Cri...
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VNA Health Care ranks in top 10% of nationwide health centers for overall clinical performanceAug 27, 2019 11:00 pm - Once again, VNA Health Care has been recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration as a National Quality Leader...
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Greater Elgin Family Care Center celebrates multiple National Quality of Care AwardsAug 26, 2019 11:00 pm - On Aug. 26, the Greater Elgin Family Care Center celebrated the receipt of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Quality Leader Award and Health Ce...
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What's behind the persistent shortage of lifesaving EpiPens
Aug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Mylan and Pfizer are still struggling with manufacturing issues for the EpiPen anti-allergy injector as the critical back-to-school season gets underway and a rival gene...
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NeuroBalance Center in Barrington with ninth annual galaAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Barrington's NeuroBalance Center will hold its ninth annual gala Saturday, Sept. 28. With a theme of the Roaring 1920s, the Gatsby Gang Band will be the featured perform...
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In reversal, Aunt Martha's clinics will accept federal fundsAug 23, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Aunt Martha's Health & Wellness, one of Illinois' three family planning organizations, confirmed Friday it will accept federal funds it previously declined...
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Family of heart attack survivor spreading lifesaving skills through CPRAug 23, 2019 1:00 am - It's a powerful thing when a life is saved, and that power has a way of spreading. CPR helped save the life of Rudi Tanck, 63, of Naperville. So it's CPR his family is ...
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Buffalo Grove trustees OK new NCH medical office buildingAug 22, 2019 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove village board members this week approved plans for a new, four-story Northwest Community Healthcare medical office building on Lake-Cook Road between McHen...
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Greater Elgin Family Care Center receives multiple national awards for quality of care - again!Aug 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Greater Elgin Family Care Center's 2018 outcomes on Bureau of Primary Health Care Clinical Indicators have been recognized as among the best of all Federally Qualified H...