Health Care
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Assertio selling shingles pain drug Gralise for $127.5MDec 12, 2019 2:00 pm - Assertio Therapeutics will sell its Gralise brand pain drug to global drugmaker Alvogen for about $127.5 million, the Lake Forest-based company announced Thursday. Under...
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Blue Cross adds Northwestern Medicine to networkDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Northwestern Medicine announced a partnership Wednesday that gives members of the medical insurer's major plans full access to...
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Express Optics moves, partners with Rosin EyecareDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - WHEATON - Express Optics recently moved from its Danada Square West location and has partnered with Vision Care Associates/Rosin Eyecare at 1706 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheat...
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Orthodontic Experts has launched the 'Holiday Braces Giveaway' contestDec 09, 2019 10:00 pm - Orthodontic Experts, a premier orthodontic practice is proud to announce their "2019 Braces Giveaway" campaign. "This year we will be donating 14 full orthodontic treatm...
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Treatment center near Campton Hills hopes neighbors eventually will come aroundDec 09, 2019 4:40 am - No one wanted an addiction treatment center at the former Glenwood School site just outside Campton Hills. Neighbors didn't want it. Kane County officials didn't want it...
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Experts now say bariatric surgery is safe for teens with obesity. One suburban 17-year-old tried it.Dec 09, 2019 4:30 am - Health — not appearance — was behind 17-year-old Alejandra Hernandez's decision to do something drastic: She had bariatric surgery. The weight-loss procedure, now recomm...
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How Recovery Centers of America is working to overcome negative publicityDec 09, 2019 4:30 am - Recovery Centers of America is bound by the court cases surrounding the Glenwood School to take a number of actions that may help soothe any unease about the addiction t...
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Children's Hospital engage local legislators on health care issuesDec 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge hosted a Legislative Forum on Monday, Dec. 2, to talk to legislators about issues affec...
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Northwest Community Hospital names rehabilitation unit for philanthropist, former patientDec 05, 2019 12:00 am - Updated 12/6 to correct name of Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases in last sentence. Officials with Northwest Community Hospital acknowledged o...
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$52 million rehab hospital proposed for LibertyvilleDec 04, 2019 4:30 am - A hospital dedicated to physical rehabilitation for patients recovering from strokes and other conditions is being proposed in Libertyville. Encompass Health Corp., a na...