Health Care
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How a smartphone app can find kids' vision problemsApr 02, 2018 5:30 am - Inside a dark exam room, Dr. Karen Judy is preparing to take a photograph of her 3-year-old patient when he starts to hear the sound of birds chirping. Edwin Barr is an ...
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Advocate Aurora Health merger completeApr 02, 2018 1:00 am - In an email sent to employees this morning, hospital CEOs told Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care, the largest health organization in Wiscon...
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New VP of medical management at Good ShepherdApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Lake Barrington has announced the appointment of Dr. Shoeb J. Sitafalwalla as vice president of medical management. In this role, S...
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'A sense of normalcy': Former preemie donates infant clothes to Aurora hospitalMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - By medical standards, Olivia Bailey-Powell was not ready for the world when she was born 11 years ago, weighing 1 pound 13 ounces. She couldn't go home with her mother,...
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Five Northwest suburbs team up to fund upgrade of Children's Advocacy CenterMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - Five Northwest suburbs and Cook County are taking the rare step of pooling some of their federal funding to pay for a $215,600 renovation of the Children's Advocacy Cent...
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Bartlett nursing home to pay $5.6 million in stroke caseMar 28, 2018 1:00 am - A Bartlett nursing home has been ordered to pay an additional $1.5 million in legal costs on top of a previous award of $4.1 million to the family of a deceased 89-year-...
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Advocate Health clears steps to merge with Aurora HealthMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care, the largest health organization in Wisconsin, said Friday that their proposed merger cleared the regulat...
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Gluten Free, Allergen Friendly Expo returns to Schaumburg April 7-8Mar 22, 2018 1:00 am - The Gluten Free & Allergen Friendly Expo is returning to the Schaumburg Convention Center April 7 and 8. Attendees can visit with more than 150 brands exhibiting the bes...
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Delnor Hospital plans expansion, renovationMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Mid-Thursday afternoon, the city announced Thursday's public hearing on the plan has been postponed to April 12. Delnor Hospital in Geneva has plans for a $39.6...
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New Community Dental Health Coordinator Program in ChicagolandMar 21, 2018 11:00 pm - In 2016, 40 percent of children across the state of Illinois had untreated dental decay on their baby or permanent teeth, according to Oral Health Illinois. Tooth decay ...