Articles filed under Health
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Community, family helping Villa Park teacher on road to recoveryJan 06, 2016 12:00 am - Elise Boni knows the path to her recovery will be long and difficult, with some uncertainties along the way, much like the Chicago Marathon she completed for the first t...
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Equity firm invests $250 million in DuPage Medical GroupJan 06, 2016 12:00 am - Downers Grove-based DuPage Medical Group is getting a $250 million investment through a partnership with Boston-based global equity firm Summit Partners, the physicians ...
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Obamacare Insurers Sweeten Plans With Free Doctor VisitsJan 04, 2016 6:00 am - Health insurers in several big cities will take some pain out of doctor visits this year - the financial kind. They’ll offer free visits to primary care doctors in the...
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Palatine man who decapitated mother could be released in 2016Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - Karl Sneider decapitated his mother, Kathryn Sneider, and put her head on the porch after he killed the then 49-year-old woman in her Palatine home Jan. 28, 2003. He was...
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Winfield to receive $900,000 annual grant from Central DuPage HospitalDec 28, 2015 12:00 am - Winfield will receive a $900,000 annual grant over each of the next five years from Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital as part of an agreement finalized Monda...
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Americans drinking themselves to death at record ratesDec 27, 2015 6:00 am - Alcohol is killing Americans at a rate not seen in at least 35 years, according to new federal data. Last year, more than 30,700 Americans died from alcohol-induced caus...
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'Fat but fit' may be a myth, researchers sayDec 27, 2015 5:00 am - One of the most controversial ideas in medical science today is whether people can really be fat and fit. That is, is weight in itself a marker of health - or simply a s...
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A kids' virus you should know aboutDec 23, 2015 10:00 pm - It's that time of year again: A particularly nasty virus that in children can cause everything from mild common-cold symptoms to breathing problems bad enough to hospita...
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Cook County sheriff says too many mentally ill in jailDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, as part of his campaign to reduce what he calls unjust incarceration of the poor and mentally ill, said in a news release Wednesday that pr...
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New advice on who qualifies for cholesterol-lowering statinsDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Considering a cholesterol-lowering statin to prevent a heart attack? Deciding who's a good candidate requires calculating more than a simple cholestero...