Articles filed under Health
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Batavia leaders support medical marijuana grow centerSep 16, 2014 5:30 am - Batavia leaders not only don't have objections to having a medical marijuana cultivation center in town, but they are supporting a company's application for one. The cit...
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Abbott named a Top 10 company for working mothersSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories was named among the Top 10 companies in Working Mother's 100 Best Companies list, which commends companies for establishi...
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Google buys startup Lift Labs to expand disease researchSep 14, 2014 7:11 am - Bloomberg News Google Inc. is acquiring health- technology startup Lift Labs to add to its Google X research unit, as the company pursues new methods to address neurodeg...
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Alexian Brothers says no to medical pot firms' donationsSep 13, 2014 7:30 am - Medical marijuana businesses would have donated to hospital
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iPhones with bigger screens may find eager buyers among seniorsSep 13, 2014 7:22 am - Eden Adams, 65, is ready to upgrade after using her iPhone for about three years. The schoolteacher from Fremont, California, had looked at her daughter's Samsung Electr...
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Fungus threatens organic coffee farmsSep 13, 2014 1:01 am - Teodomiro Melendres Ojeda, an organic coffee grower in Cajamarca, Peru, stands at a crossroads. Neither path is attractive. Leaf-rust fungus, known as roya in Spanish, h...
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Health law's calculator lets employers offer substandard insuranceSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - A flaw in the federal calculator for certifying that insurance meets the health law's toughest standard is leading dozens of large employers to offer plans that lack bas...
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Mt. Prospect won't hold public hearings over pot dispensariesSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - Mount Prospect will consider the approval of marijuana dispensaries much like it does pharmacies, and not require public hearings. Community Development Director Bill Co...
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Advocate, NorthShore merger means 16 hospitals, 3 million patientsSep 12, 2014 1:00 am - The merger of Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health System announced Friday aims to create the largest health care system in Illinois that will focus hea...
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NCH CEO to meet with suburban seniorsSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - Local seniors will soon have the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of Arlington Heights-based Northwest Community Healthcare for a discussion about health care needs ...