Health Care
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New physical therapy clinic opens in Geneva
Feb 27, 2024 10:38 am - FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers to offer holistic approach to wellness
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Nonprofit plans to take therapeutic scuba deeper with $300 million proposalFeb 26, 2024 1:35 pm - A Downers Grove-based nonprofit is fundraising for a $300 million underwater education and research facility in North Chicago envisioned as a worldwide attraction for tho...
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New downtown Glen Ellyn pharmacy VillageRx opening March 8Feb 21, 2024 4:06 pm - VillageRx, a new independent pharmacy in downtown Glen Ellyn, announces its grand opening, challenging the status quo of the pharmaceutical industry dominated by nationa...
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Round-the-clock animal emergency care facility opens in Buffalo GroveFeb 19, 2024 7:21 pm - When your pet needs emergency care and regular animal hospitals are closed, Veterinary Emergency Group is always open. Veterinary Emergency Group just opened its fifth f...
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Advocate Health Care president joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association BoardFeb 19, 2024 3:56 pm - Advocate Health Care President Dia Nichols has joined the board of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA), which represents more than 200 hospitals and nearly...
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Right to die on your own terms? Illinois lawmakers propose medical aid in dying billFeb 18, 2024 6:00 am - Deb Robertson knows the state legislation she’s fighting for — to allow medical aid in dying — may not be enacted by the time she’s ready to die.
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StoryPoint Group communities earn Top Memory Care Services Provider recognitionFeb 14, 2024 10:33 am - StoryPoint Naperville, a StoryPoint Group community, recently was recognized as a Top 10 Memory Care Services Provider for 2024 by Eldercare Review. Every year, only...
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COVID-19 deaths are down, but Illinois’ death rate is still higher than it was pre-pandemicFeb 11, 2024 6:00 am - Newly released mortality figures by the Illinois Department of Public Health show deaths in 2022 were still coming in at a much higher rate than what the state was seeing before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs’ harsh side effectsFeb 10, 2024 6:00 am - For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary.
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‘There are a lot of ways you can save somebody’: 5 Lake County agencies to participate in paramedic programFeb 09, 2024 2:11 pm - A pilot program intended to help people with chronic medical conditions in their homes and reduce the number of calls to 911 for primary care is set to launch in Lake County in early March.