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U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Nov 29, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - U.S. life expectancy rose last year - by more than a year - but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 rise was mainly due to...
France to ban smoking on beaches as it seeks to avoid 75,000 tobacco-related deaths per year

Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - PARIS - France will ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas as part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health mini...
Northwest Community's new outpatient medical center opens in Schaumburg

By Christopher Placek
Nov 21, 2023 12:00 am - Northwest Community Healthcare this week opened its new outpatient care center in Schaumburg, consolidating the services of two former 40-year-old buildings. The three-s...
DuPage Care Center recognized as one of the best nursing homes in the nation

By Alicia Fabbre
Nov 21, 2023 12:00 am - The Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center recently was named a top nursing home by a national publication. U.S. News and World Report listed the care center as high-performing ...
Hearing will take place in religious leaders' lawsuit challenging Missouri abortion ban

By JIM SALTER Associated Press
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis judge on Thursday will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion ban on the grounds that lawmakers who passed the measure impos...
Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in de...
Forward Focus Concierge Medicine coming to Northfield in January

Submitted by Marti Greenberg
Nov 15, 2023 10:00 pm - Forward Focus Concierge Medicine, an internal medicine practice, is pleased to announce the opening of a second office at 1622 Willow Road, near the intersection of Will...
The Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say

By AMANDA SEITZ and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press
Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say ...
LG Business Solutions' new showroom lets customers 'see, touch, feel and visualize'

By Dave Oberhelman
Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am - First off, it's got robots. The new LG Electronics Chicago Business Innovation Center Showroom in Lincolnshire offers the CLOi GuideBot that can provide information, adv...
Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer
Nov 11, 2023 12:00 am - The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat...

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