Health and Fitness
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Northwest Community Hospital opens hospice suiteSep 08, 2012 3:35 pm - Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights opened a hospice suite last week with seven beds for patients that need end-of-life care in a hospital setting, officia...
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Ebola virus spreads in eastern CongoSep 08, 2012 1:30 pm - GOMA, Congo — Officials in eastern Congo say the Ebola epidemic has spread to a second center after a woman was contaminated during the funeral of a victim of the diseas...
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Universities in race to create bionic eyeSep 08, 2012 7:55 am - Jeanette Pritchard slides a brain onto the table and points to the area where scientists will implant 600 tiny electrodes to produce bionic vision. The wobbly white orga...
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‘Kids Count’ symposium in Hoffman EstatesSep 07, 2012 4:48 pm - Voices for Illinois Children is hosting an Illinois Kids Count symposium from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Sept. 10, at St. Alexius Medical Center, 1555 Barrington Road in ...
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Images: Surrogate GrandmotherSep 07, 2012 4:22 pm - ...
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Fifth West Nile case reported in Lake CountySep 07, 2012 10:06 am - The fifth human case of West Nile virus in Lake County has been discovered, health department officials announced Friday. The most recent case involved a 60-year-old Mun...
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Grandma’s gift to Naperville couple: Their daughterSep 07, 2012 10:00 am - Setting foot in a hospital again, Emily and Mike Jordan couldn’t help but feel anxious. More than two years before, at age 29, Emily had been diagnosed with cervical can...
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Veterans Conservation Corps hopes to heal people, landSep 07, 2012 10:00 am - First Chicago-area project is Saturday in Batavia
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Illinois to decide on essential health benefitsSep 06, 2012 4:14 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has less than a month to choose which benefits will be required in basic health insurance plans sold to individuals and small businesses in Illinois under...
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St. Alexius CEO resigning in NovemberSep 06, 2012 11:08 am - After 18 years working as CEO for St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Ed Goldberg is resigning. Goldberg, 61, told co-workers in February about his decision t...