Articles filed under Health
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Enough with the pink, some women sayOct 15, 2011 5:00 am - PITTSBURGH — The country is awash in pink for breast cancer awareness month — and some women are sick of it. While no one is questioning the need to fight the deadly dis...
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At 103, brand-new hip is just the ticketOct 14, 2011 5:45 am - Mount Prospect man could be oldest in world to get surgery
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Lines School gets exercise help from expertsOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - The Midwest Bone & Joint Institute is sponsoring “Lines on the Run”, a children’s running club at Arnett C. Lines School in Barrington. The sponsorship is part of an ini...
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‘An action of one is an action of one’Oct 10, 2011 5:00 am - On Sept. 14, at 6:46 p.m., you published an article on an alleged crime detailing an intimate and sensitive incident (“Palatine teen charged with sexual assault”). The a...
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Northwest Community Healthcare launches health clinic in Palatine Jewel-OscoOct 06, 2011 12:00 am - Citing statistics that nearly half the community it serves is without a primary care physician, Northwest Community Healthcare this week launched its first retail clinic...
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Transitional Care wins preliminary approval in Arlington Hts.Oct 04, 2011 12:00 am - The Arlington Heights village board Monday gave preliminary approval for rezoning for a short-term rehabilitation facility on property where AT&T formerly had offices at...
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Dold’s vote helps protect air, healthOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - I am so very grateful Rep. Bob Dold stood up for clean air by voting against the TRAIN Act. Amid burgeoning House support for industrial smokestacks over public health, ...
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Lutheran General receives grant for children's cancer clinicSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital in Park Ridge Tuesday received a $100,000 grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels to help fund its Children's Cancer Survivorship...
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Doctors rarely pay penalties in kickback casesSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - Two years ago, drugmaker Eli Lilly pleaded guilty to illegally marketing its blockbuster antipsychotic Zyprexa for elderly patients. Lilly paid $1.4 billion in criminal ...
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Suburban hospitals named as “top performers”Sep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Six suburban hospitals are among 18 in Illinois named Wednesday as top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, an Oakbrook Terrace-based group that i...