Health Care
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Haymarket drug and alcohol treatment center proposal for Itasca loses more supportSep 13, 2019 1:00 am - A second DuPage County Board member has withdrawn support for Haymarket Center's proposal to convert an Itasca hotel into a drug and alcohol treatment center. Ashley Sel...
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New Chief Commercial Officer at XelliaSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - BUFFALO GROVE - Xellia Pharmaceuticals has appointed Peter Baker as Chief Commercial Officer for Xellia North America to prepare for the continued expansion and growth o...
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'We can't just arrest our way out of this': Experts explore opioid epidemic in SchaumburgSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - Could one pill lead to an opioid addiction? That was the question a panel of experts explored Tuesday as the national opioid epidemic was the topic of the Schaumburg Bus...
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Baxter acquires Cheetah MedicalSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - DEERFIELD - Baxter International said it will acquire Cheetah Medical, a provider of noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring technologies. Under the deal, Baxter will pay $19...
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Northwest Community Healthcare celebrates 60 years of serviceSep 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Employees sang Happy Birthday to Northwest Community Healthcare, posed for group photos and enjoyed cake on the front lawn of the hospital campus in late August to mark ...
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Silver Cross awards $61,000 in scholarships to hospital employees and childrenSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - The Silver Cross Foundation and Silver Cross Healthy Community Commission in New Lenox recently awarded $61,000 in scholarships to 41 hospital employees and their childr...
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Organizations encourage limiting nurse-patient ratio at hospitalsSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Advocates for a law that would limit the number of patients each hospital nurse is allowed to care for at one time are touting a new national survey that s...
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How a Naperville hospital uses virtual reality to ease pain — and cure boredomSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - The arms of Rachael Condon's patient were flailing wildly and nothing seemed to help — until she strapped on a pair of goggles and went to the beach. The sand and the w...
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New Google policy bars ads for unproven stem cell therapies
Sep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Responding to ubiquitous online marketing by stem cell clinics selling unapproved treatments for everything from achy joints to Alzheimer's, Google announced Friday it w...
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'He's signing our death sentence': Ruling means Sterigenics plant could reopenSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Amid outrage from some residents, a DuPage judge approved a consent order that would allow the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook to reopen if it meets strict standards co...