Articles filed under Health
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Health care fines press millennials as deadline nearsJan 26, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of young adults healthy enough to think they don't need insurance face painful choices this year as the sign-up deadline approaches for Presid...
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Naperville filmmaker's message: Anxiety sufferers aren't aloneJan 25, 2016 5:00 am - Kelsey Sante of Naperville spent her high school years hiding her anxiety. Now she's bringing the panicked feeling of the common mental disorder to the screen in an art...
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Plagued by anxiety: For some of us, no end of things to worry aboutJan 25, 2016 4:00 am - It didn't matter what we officially called it, my psychiatrist said as he looked up from his notepad. What I had was “worry in search of a mission.” Within 40 minutes of...
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Trying to make mental health first aid as familiar as CPRJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - If someone suddenly collapsed and appeared to be having a heart attack, you wouldn't just walk on by, right? You'd at least call 911. You'd likely stay with the person ...
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Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy receives URAC accreditationJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC received full specialty pharmacy accreditation from URAC, an independent health care accrediting organization that assesses ...
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Constable: Suburban blind activists seek accessible InternetJan 24, 2016 6:30 am - The Americans with Disabilities Act has been the law of the land since President George H.W. Bush signed it on July 26, 1990. More than a quarter century later, local ac...
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Insurance customers begin new year with delaysJan 24, 2016 12:00 am - Thousands of health insurance consumers around the country have started the new year dealing with missing ID cards, billing errors and other problems tied to an enrollme...
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Lutheran Social Services cuts 30 programs due to state budgetJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - An array of social services - from suburban drug and mental health services to help for homebound senior citizens - were shuttered Friday and staff members laid off beca...
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Peeking inside Rolling Meadows' new medical marijuana dispensaryJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - Patients walking into Nature's Care in Rolling Meadows won't see shelves full of cannabis or pictures of marijuana leaves on the wall. In fact, they won't see the drug a...
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Constable: New baby smell brings happiness this grim JanuaryJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - The grief we might feel at the demise of David Bowie, Alan Rickman or Glenn Frey serves as an appetizer for the heartache inflicted by the deaths of loved ones, co-worke...