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OxyContin marketer, opioid maker announce settlements totaling $500 million

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Feb 01, 2024 4:47 pm - An advertising agency that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other prescription painkillers and a drugmaker announced separate agreements Thursday wort...
Elgin nursing director recognized as Advocate Health Care’s Nurse Leader of the Year

By Elizabeth Blasko, Advocate Health Care
Jan 31, 2024 5:55 pm - Darren Smith is the director of nursing, critical care, emergency services and nursing operations for Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin. He was selected as the 2023 Nurs...
Hines VA recognized with surgical cancer Diamond Award

Submitted by Debralee Lutgen
Jan 31, 2024 5:39 pm - The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer recently recognized Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital for its demonstrated commitment to American veterans requiring su...
Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but other details are scant

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and LAURA UNGAR
Jan 30, 2024 2:03 pm - NEW YORK — According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend. In a Monday post on X, the pl...
Stress can age your brain, but it’s not irreversible

By Teri Dreher
Jan 27, 2024 7:30 am - A recent study showed that, although severe stress events can trigger an increase in biological age, biological age can return to the pre-stress level if the stress is short-lived.
Recovery Centers of America moves outpatient care to St. Charles

By David Petesch
Jan 23, 2024 12:03 pm - Recovery Centers of America has moved its outpatient treatment center from South Elgin to a new larger space in St. Charles, which administrators say will allow the team ...
Biden and Harris team up to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Jan 23, 2024 9:30 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democr...
Congressional watchdog will launch inquiry into FDA oversight of medical device recalls

by Haajrah Gilani, Emma McNamee, Phillip Powell, Juliann Ventura and Jonathan D. Salant
Jan 20, 2024 4:46 pm - Editor’s note: This story was originally published by ProPublica . Congressional investigators are launching an inquiry into the Food and Drug Administration’s ove...
New immediate care center opens Monday in South Elgin

Daily Herald report
Jan 18, 2024 1:04 pm - A new Advocate Health Care immediate care and outpatient center opens in South Elgin Monday. The 36,800-square-foot facility at 486B South Randall Road replaces the prev...
Anti-abortion activists brace for challenges ahead as they gather for annual March for Life

By DAVID CRARY
Jan 18, 2024 7:50 am - A year ago, anti-abortion activists from across the U.S. gathered for their annual March for Life with reason to celebrate: It was their first march since the Supreme Cou...

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