Articles filed under Health
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Rich, drunk and high as a teen, he flunked out of Oakton. Now, he's a Hollywood agent who helps others.Jan 03, 2019 4:00 am - Drinking to excess, using drugs and living high on the hog as a trust-fund kid, James Crane bailed out of Oakton College in Des Plaines before he was even old enough to ...
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Differences in Tobacco 21 villages could mean headaches, fines for young smokersDec 29, 2018 12:00 am - Starting New Year's Day, smokers will need to be at least 21 to buy - or even possess - tobacco products in Lake Zurich, making it the latest town to join a move aimed a...
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'This isn't a slam dunk': Why legalizing pot could test Pritzker's cloutDec 28, 2018 4:30 am - A vote on legalizing recreational marijuana could be Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker's first clout test with his own party. Despite Democrats controlling the Illinois House, Se...
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Book review: How running transformed the life of NPR host Peter SagalDec 22, 2018 6:27 am - "The Incomplete Book of Running" by Peter Sagal, Simon & Schuster, 208 pages You'll want to love Peter Sagal's book, "The Incomplete Book of Running," especially if...
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Straight From the Source: Six ways to keep your addiction recovery on track over the holidaysDec 21, 2018 4:38 am - #x2022; Marty Cook is director of alumni events for Gateway Foundation, the country's largest nonprofit treatment provider for substance abuse and related mental hea...
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Judge Who Invalidated Obamacare Has Been A â€~Go-To Judge’ For Republicans, Critics SayDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor has a history of siding with Republicans on ideologically motivated lawsuits. His ruling last week, in which he sided with the GOP on...
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5 Ways Nixing The Affordable Care Act Could Upend The Entire Health SystemDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - If Friday night’s district court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional were to be upheld, far more than the law’s most high-profile provisions woul...
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Why the Texas ruling on Obamacare is on shaky legal groundDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - A Texas judge has ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. For now, his decision has no immediate effect except to toss another fire bomb at a law that ha...
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Christmas Eve Elf Run will return to downtown GenevaDec 17, 2018 10:00 pm - If your morning run will take you through downtown Geneva on Christmas Eve, you may encounter Santa and his elves, also on the run, passing out gifts to fellow runners a...
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Why the Texas ruling on Obamacare is on shaky legal groundDec 17, 2018 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia Universi...