Health Care
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Illinois Democrats seek to rein in drug prices; Republicans say it will backfireMar 02, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democrats in the Illinois House are pushing a package of bills they say would help control the spiraling cost of prescription drugs. Republicans, however, ...
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Lake Forest Hospital receives energy, environmental certificationMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - LAKE FOREST - Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification, the hospital announced. The per...
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A training called Stop the Bleed helps civilians learn basic response techniques to help handle emergency hemorrhages. Here's how one instructor is bringing it to the suburbs.Mar 01, 2019 12:00 am - One suburban emergency medical services expert is getting involved in a nationwide campaign to prepare the public to respond when someone is experiencing sudden and prob...
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'Something is in those vaccines': Lawmaker says mandatory measles shots are 'Communist'
Mar 01, 2019 12:00 am - Amid a surging measles outbreak in the United States that's grown to about 160 cases in 10 states, Arizona's legislature recently passed bills allowing for a religious e...
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Anti-vaxxers face backlash as measles cases surge
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Gilvydis Vein Clinic gets accreditationFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - GENEVA - Gilvydis Vein Clinic has been granted a three-year term of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission in Vascular Testing in the area of vein u...
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Pinnacle Dermatology acquires Calumet DermatologyFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - LOMBARD - Pinnacle Dermatology has acquired Calumet Dermatology in Calumet City, Illinois and Dyer, Indiana, expanding its footprint in Northwest Indiana. Terms of the a...
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Fox Valley Family Physicians join Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical GroupFeb 20, 2019 12:00 am - WINFIELD - Fox Valley Family Physicians announced it has joined Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group. With six physicians and locations at 2425 Fargo Blvd. in Ge...
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Advocate Children's Hospital patients going on surprise Cubs spring training tripFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - Seven sets of parents received big news last month from officials at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge: Their children, all undergoing treatment for serious ill...
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14 minutes that saved a life: How paramedics' quick thinking during stroke made all the differenceFeb 17, 2019 5:00 am - Neurological wisdom says “time is brain” when it comes to a stroke. The longer a person experiencing a stroke is unable to receive treatment, the worse the results for ...