Cook County Lifestyle
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‘I think it’s delivered everything we hoped it would’: Lake County leaders celebrate five years of 211 helplineOct 26, 2024 9:58 am - United Way of Lake County and dozens of partner organizations are celebrating five years of 211 service and more than 350,000 connections made since its debut.
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Grief & healing: Halloween is almost hereOct 26, 2024 7:00 am - Halloween is approaching and amid the parties, costumes and treats is the question of how cultures treat death and the departed.
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Delnor Hospital’s drone delivery program saves time transferring specimens, medical suppliesOct 24, 2024 6:05 pm - Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital is teaming up with a Lombard-based drone company to increase the speed of deliveries on its Geneva campus.
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Home & garden calendar, Oct. 27-Nov. 2Oct 23, 2024 12:58 am - A home show, plants for butterflies and what to do with those pumpkins.
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More frozen waffles and pancakes recalled over possible listeria contaminationOct 22, 2024 3:25 pm - A recall of hundreds of frozen waffle products and other toaster foods sold in many U.S. grocery stores has expanded because they may be contaminated with dangerous listeria bacteria, the manufacturer said Tuesday.
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Hospitals’ IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeksOct 22, 2024 2:07 pm - Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage.
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New animal therapy training facility open at Barrington ranchOct 22, 2024 12:48 pm - If you’ve spent time at a Chicago-area hospital there’s a chance you’ve caught a glimpse of a miniature horse in the hallways provided by SOUL Harbour Ranch. The nonprofit is the largest and most experienced Barrington-area animal therapy program and the only multispecies program. This year, it has added a new training facility.
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Where health care is going: Ascension Alexian Brothers opens neurosciences unit to meet demands of aging populationOct 22, 2024 12:39 pm - Patients will be on the move Wednesday at Ascension Alexian Brothers hospital in Elk Grove Village, where a new 36-bed neurosciences unit opens.
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‘The authentic way’: How a small family restaurant in downtown Palatine has been satisfying diners for 36 yearsOct 20, 2024 5:21 am - Mexico Uno has survived for 36 years at its current location and, before that, at another site a short distance away on Bothwell Street. The secret can be found in the family history.
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Elgin CROP Walk set for Oct. 27Oct 19, 2024 11:21 pm - Honorary Chair Danise Habun will lead the 39th Elgin CROP Walk on Sunday, Oct. 27. Participants may either walk a two-mile course or bicycle a five-mile course, raising money from pledges and gifts for the completion of the event.