Health Care
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Organizations encourage limiting nurse-patient ratio at hospitalsSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Advocates for a law that would limit the number of patients each hospital nurse is allowed to care for at one time are touting a new national survey that s...
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How a Naperville hospital uses virtual reality to ease pain — and cure boredomSep 08, 2019 1:00 am - The arms of Rachael Condon's patient were flailing wildly and nothing seemed to help — until she strapped on a pair of goggles and went to the beach. The sand and the w...
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New Google policy bars ads for unproven stem cell therapies
Sep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Responding to ubiquitous online marketing by stem cell clinics selling unapproved treatments for everything from achy joints to Alzheimer's, Google announced Friday it w...
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'He's signing our death sentence': Ruling means Sterigenics plant could reopenSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Amid outrage from some residents, a DuPage judge approved a consent order that would allow the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook to reopen if it meets strict standards co...
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Constable: Military sexual trauma a 'bullet wound to heart'Sep 05, 2019 5:00 am - Thirteen members of the U.S. military were killed in combat in 2018. That same year a record 325 active military members died by suicide. For those who do their duty, se...
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Illinois Bone & Joint Institute and True Lacrosse Announce PartnershipSep 04, 2019 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES, Ill., September 5, 2019-Illinois Bone & Joint Institute (IBJI), one of the largest independent, physician-owned orthopedic practices in the United States, a...
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Naperville Indian dance event to support 'innate value' of victims of sexual abuseSep 03, 2019 1:00 am - The two passions to which Dr. Sangita Rangala devotes her life seem unrelated. But a common thread unites her work providing medical care for childhood victims of sexua...
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OxyContin owners may retain bulk of fortune in settlement
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ATI expands UHC partnership to five statesAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - BOLINGBROOK - ATI Physical Therapy announced it is is expanding its in-network partnership with UnitedHealthcare from Illinois and Northern Indiana to five more states. ...
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AbbVie ends work on cancer drug after failuresAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - AbbVie Inc. said it would stop all research on its experimental cancer treatment Rova-T, a drug it bought in its $5.8 billion 2016 takeover of Stemcentrx Inc. The decisi...