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Buying multivitamins? You're wasting your money, Northwestern doctors say.
Jun 22, 2022 1:43 PM - Saying there's no magic bullet in a vitamin or dietary supplement to make us healthy, Northwestern Medicine scientists support an independent panel's new guidelines that state there is "insufficient evidence" that taking multivitamins, paired supplements or single supplements can help prevent
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Growing aesthetics chain opens studio in Northwest suburbsJun 21, 2022 2:46 PM - National medical aesthetics brand OVME (pronounced "of me") opened the doors to its second Illinois location this week at 863 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 400, in Vernon Hills.
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Shots for tots: COVID vaccinations start for little US kids
Jun 20, 2022 2:40 PM - The nation's infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination as the U.S. rolls out shots for tots this week. Shipments arrived in some locations over the weekend and some spots, including a Walgreens in South Carolina and another in New York City, opened up appointments for Monday.
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$17 million renovation of 100-year-old building at Lovell Federal Health Care Center modernizes training, preserves history
Jun 19, 2022 1:00 AM - A nearly century-old building at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago has been renovated with a high-tech simulation center and other features to serve as a training hub and resource for seven partner VA medical facilities in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. -
Two suburban companies named to Crain's 2022 Fast 50 listJun 17, 2022 3:02 PM - Two sububurban companies Friday said they have been named to Crain's 2022 Fast 50 list of the fastest-growing companies in the Chicago area by Crain's Chicago Business. Aurora-based Simplify Healthcare, which provides a digital health care platform for insurance payers and plan administrators, ranks No. 15 on Crain's list. Companies are ranked ranked by percentage revenue growth from 2016 through 2021.
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Walgreens agrees to help with clinical trialsJun 16, 2022 2:44 PM - Deerfield-based Walgreens Thursday said it will assist with sponsor-led drug development research through the marketing and recruitment of clinical trial participants, especially in minority communities.
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Fresenius Kabi conforms with RFID inventory systemJun 14, 2022 2:43 PM - Lake Zurich-based Fresenius Kabi USA said its growing portfolio of radio frequency-tagged medications is now compatible with AmerisourceBergen's medication inventory system.
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Pritzker signs bills targeting wage theft, expanding HIV care options
Jun 13, 2022 4:19 PM - The governor's most recent crop of signed bills from Friday included a measure taking aim at wage theft in the construction industry and a pair of bills aimed at increasing access to treatment for HIV. -
Anti-aging injection business opens in SchaumburgJun 13, 2022 3:30 PM - The owner of a Park Ridge beauty injection business is opening a second location in Schaumburg.
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Area Advocate hospitals named to Newsweek's maternity listJun 13, 2022 2:45 PM - Nine Advocate Aurora Health hospitals in the suburbs and Wisconsin were named to Newsweek's America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2022 list.
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