Articles filed under Health
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NavCog is a new app serves as eyes for the blindNov 06, 2015 10:00 pm - As computers get better at navigating the world around them, they are also helping humans better navigate that world as well. Thanks to advances in artificial intelligen...
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Supreme Court accepts challenge to health law's contraceptive mandateNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear another challenge to the Affordable Care Act, this time to decide whether religiously affiliated organizations su...
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How should we react to Fox Lake officer's suicide?Nov 05, 2015 4:00 am - Wednesday's shocking revelation that beloved Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph “G.I. Joe” Gliniewicz was a common thief who orchestrated his sad suicide to look like th...
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'Cut Above' awards honors first responders, medical teamNov 03, 2015 10:00 pm - Forty-four paramedics, one police officer and one nurse were recently honored for heroic acts in the past year at a special ceremony at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest...
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Texas’ Changing Relationship To ObamacareNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - The online federal insurance marketplace opened for business Sunday. It’s the third year of open enrollment for these subsidized plans, established by the Affordable C...
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Constable: Weather's great, but no daylight after work to enjoy itNov 03, 2015 4:27 am - The thermometer should edge into the 70s today. Too bad it will be too dark to see it. Our giddiness about the return of glorious fall weather is tempered by the arrival...
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Why Lake County employee health bonuses cost taxpayers $167,373Nov 03, 2015 12:00 am - When Lake County's annual 5K run got underway last year it cost taxpayers an additional $11,850. That's because 237 government employees registered for the race and rece...
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Condell earns eighth consecutive A grade for patient safetyNov 03, 2015 12:00 am - LIBERTYVILLE - Advocate Condell Medical Center is recognized with an "A" Hospital Safety Score for the eighth consecutive term by The Leapfrog Group. Leapfrog analysts...
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DuPage Medical Group to acquire Pronger Smith MedicalCareNov 02, 2015 12:00 am - Downers Grove-based DuPage Medical Group, an independent multispecialty physician group in the western suburbs, said Monday it intends to acquire Pronger Smith MedicalCa...
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Prices, politics challenge health law's 3rd sign-up seasonNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's insurance website is faster and easier to use, but as a third sign-up season gets underway, President Barack Obama's health care law i...