Health Care
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AbbVie donates $40 million to rebuild N. Chicago schoolMar 22, 2019 1:00 am - Global pharmaceutical company AbbVie is donating $40 million to North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 to fund the rebuilding of Neal Math & Science Academy, t...
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Meet the Pulmonairs, a choir for those living with COPD and other lung diseasesMar 17, 2019 11:00 pm - Chris Kazmar was encouraged when doctors told her they could treat her lung cancer through surgery. But the Arlington Heights woman didn't bounce back as well as anticip...
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Constable: How a newly sober man plans for a dry St. Patrick's DayMar 14, 2019 5:30 am - Last St. Patrick's Day, Connor celebrated his Irish heritage with a few beers. “Just drinking and enjoying the time,” the 25-year-old Park Ridge man says of his time spe...
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Walgreens names new accounting chiefMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Boots Alliance has named Heather Dixon as its new senior vice president, global controller and chief accounting officer, effective Monday. Dixon co...
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Aspen Dental opens Bolingbrook officeMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - BOLINGBROOK -Aspen Dental will open a new office at 221 N. Weber Road in Bolingbrook on March 21. Abigail Brier, D.M.D., who received her Doctor of Dental Medicine degre...
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Amazon gives AI to hospital in tech's latest health push
Mar 09, 2019 5:00 am - Alexa won't be replacing doctors anytime soon, but Amazon says artificial intelligence can help hospitals become more efficient. The internet giant said Monday that it's...
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Advocate Sherman receives '100 top hospitals' honorMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - ELGIN - Advocate Sherman Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health. The study spotlights the top-performing hospitals in the U.S...
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Lilly offers half-price insulin in counter to drug cost pressure
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GiGi's Playhouse to mark Down Syndrome Day March 21Mar 04, 2019 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates-based GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers, with 43 locations across the country and in Mexico, will be celebrating World Down Synd...
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Should you move abroad for health care?Mar 03, 2019 5:00 am - The notion that health care outside the U.S. could be good as well as cheap is a foreign one to many Americans. Kathleen Peddicord frequently hears from such skeptics as...