Health and Fitness
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Illinois selects 8 managed care companiesNov 09, 2012 3:48 pm - Eight managed care companies have been selected to coordinate the health care of an estimated 136,000 high-cost Illinois patients who are eligible for both Medicare and ...
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Free diabetes screeening in Arlington Hts.Nov 09, 2012 1:12 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge will be provide free diabetes screenings to local residents 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the lobby of Village Bank & T...
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Buffalo Grove’s OMNI substance abuse program expandsNov 09, 2012 12:12 pm - Buffalo Grove-based OMNI Youth Services has received a $50,000 grant from the Baxter International Foundation to expand its substance abuse program into three local high...
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Free health screeningNov 08, 2012 4:41 pm - Rosalind Franklin University Health System’s mobile health unit, Community Care Connection, will be at Central Lake YMCA, 700 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills, on Monday, ...
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Flu shots for foodNov 08, 2012 4:38 pm - “Free Flu Shots for Food” will be offered on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, at all three of Advocate Condell’s Immediate Care Centers. Every person 18 years and...
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Illinois hospital tax break costs $10 millionNov 08, 2012 3:00 pm - A little-noticed tax break for investor-owned hospitals that was tucked into a deal last spring aimed at saving the Illinois Medicaid program from collapse will cost the...
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Chicago fertility clinic didn’t test donors for STDs, FDA saysNov 07, 2012 6:05 pm - Federal regulators have sent a warning letter to a Chicago fertility doctor, citing his clinic’s failure to meet standards for screening egg donors for sexually transmit...
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R.M.H.S. newspaper staff devoted to fight breast cancerNov 07, 2012 1:16 pm - For the fourth year in a row, the staff of The Pacer, the student newspaper at Rolling Meadows High School, has done more than write about and cover Breast Cancer Awaren...
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Patients, read warning labelsNov 07, 2012 3:00 am - Peter Jackson and his whole family have my sincerest sympathy for the loss of their beautiful daughter six years ago. However, at the age of 18, did his daughter suffer ...
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Wauconda, Vernon Hills schools to host forums on heroin useNov 06, 2012 2:52 pm - Two Lake County schools will host public forums about the dangers of heroin use in upcoming weeks. The first event is Monday, Nov. 12, at Vernon Hills High School. The s...