Health Care
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Broken water line causes partial power outage at Good Shepherd HospitalFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Lake Barrington experienced a partial power outage caused by a broken water line Friday morning that caused some elective procedures...
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Tyson recalls 18 tons of chicken nuggets because there might be rubber in them
Jan 30, 2019 12:00 am - Tyson Foods is recalling more than 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets that may have been contaminated with rubber, federal officials say. The products were recalled after ...
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Advocate Aurora, Oak Street partner on Medicare-focused health centerJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - Advocate Aurora Health is teaming up with Chicago-based Oak Street Health to open a primary care center in Elgin focused on Medicare patients, the two agencies announced...
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Why Town Center redevelopment in Winfield is in jeopardyJan 28, 2019 4:30 am - A long-sought pact between Winfield and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital to bring unprecedented redevelopment to the village appears in jeopardy. After two ...
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This nurse helped deliver 11 of her own grandchildren, 10 of her great-grandchildrenJan 26, 2019 12:00 am - Sandy Bumber found her calling through a natural process - childbirth. She married shortly after high school and started having kids with her husband, Jim, soon becomin...
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Aetna's Guardian Angel program helps opioid patients get the care they needJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Sue Martin gets on the phone every day, calling her company's health insurance members who recently have been treated for opioid overdose or addiction. "I'm craving a 1...
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Health care careers: Waubonsee instructor explains the role of a surgical technologistJan 24, 2019 10:00 pm - "Hello, my name is Shawn and I will be assisting the doctor in your surgery today." I smile when I introduce myself, hoping the patient can hear me among the sounds and ...
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'Right to a safe place': Program targets gap between hospital, addiction help for opioid patientsJan 24, 2019 5:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the title of Adriane Price, clinical supervisor of the Gateway Warm Hand Off program Roughly 155 suburban re...
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Schaumburg approves assisted living center on former Motorola siteJan 23, 2019 4:24 am - Schaumburg trustees Tuesday approved a four-story, 110-unit assisted living and memory care facility at the west end of the former Motorola Solutions campus along Algonq...
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Walgreens agrees to pay $269M in fraud accordJan 23, 2019 12:00 am - Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to pay $269.2 million to settle U.S. claims that the drugstore chain defrauded a federally funded health care progra...