Health Care
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Treatment center near Campton Hills hopes neighbors eventually will come aroundDec 09, 2019 4:40 am - No one wanted an addiction treatment center at the former Glenwood School site just outside Campton Hills. Neighbors didn't want it. Kane County officials didn't want it...
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Experts now say bariatric surgery is safe for teens with obesity. One suburban 17-year-old tried it.Dec 09, 2019 4:30 am - Health — not appearance — was behind 17-year-old Alejandra Hernandez's decision to do something drastic: She had bariatric surgery. The weight-loss procedure, now recomm...
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How Recovery Centers of America is working to overcome negative publicityDec 09, 2019 4:30 am - Recovery Centers of America is bound by the court cases surrounding the Glenwood School to take a number of actions that may help soothe any unease about the addiction t...
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Children's Hospital engage local legislators on health care issuesDec 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge hosted a Legislative Forum on Monday, Dec. 2, to talk to legislators about issues affec...
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Northwest Community Hospital names rehabilitation unit for philanthropist, former patientDec 05, 2019 12:00 am - Updated 12/6 to correct name of Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases in last sentence. Officials with Northwest Community Hospital acknowledged o...
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$52 million rehab hospital proposed for LibertyvilleDec 04, 2019 4:30 am - A hospital dedicated to physical rehabilitation for patients recovering from strokes and other conditions is being proposed in Libertyville. Encompass Health Corp., a na...
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Amita Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates to expandDec 03, 2019 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates officials have approved construction of a $6 million addition to the Amita Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, an expansion intended to r...
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Astellas acquires Audentes in $3 billion gene-therapy dealDec 03, 2019 12:00 am - Astellas Pharma agreed to buy Audentes Therapeutics for about $3 billion, the latest deal by a pharmaceutical company eager to push into promising gene-therapy technolog...
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'Revolutionary' procedure at Central DuPage Hospital breathes new life into emphysema patientsDec 02, 2019 4:30 am - Cy Kennedy stopped smoking when the damage had already been done. He had developed emphysema, the chronic illness that caused his labored breathing and left him exhauste...
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Baxter to acquire Seprafilm Adhesion Barrier product lineDec 02, 2019 12:00 am - DEERFIELD - Baxter International Inc. said it plans to acquire Seprafilm Adhesion Barrier and related assets from Sanofi. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. Se...