Articles filed under Health
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AID Senior Sunshine Program offers check-in calls for seniors with mental health concernsJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Since last November, the Association for Individual Development has offered free scheduled “check-in” calls to individuals age 60 and older as part of the Senior Sunshin...
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Court backs Trump expansion of cheap health insurance plansJul 17, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Trump administration's expansion of cheaper short-term health insurance plans, derided by critics ...
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Why We Walk: No matter where you live, you can join virtual Naperville Pancreatic Cancer Research WalkJul 16, 2020 6:00 am - The Naperville Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk will be a virtual event this year, taking place Sunday, July 19. The walk proceeds go to the Lustgarten Foundation and its...
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#ElginCares is new tool to check in on well-beingJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - An Elgin group has created a bilingual tool that can help people monitor their well-being, as experts agree the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected mental health a...
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Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirusJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - What is this enemy? Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling an infection doctors had never seen before, the world's scientis...
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Ecker, Renz complete merger; now named Ecker Center for Behavioral HealthJul 13, 2020 11:00 pm - The Ecker Center for Mental Health and Renz Addiction Counseling Center have finalized a complete merger as of July 1, 2020 becoming one organization, Ecker Center for B...
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Chicago Marathon canceled due to pandemicJul 13, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago Marathon is taking a hiatus. The city of Chicago said Monday it has canceled the race and all related weekend activities. “While we'd hoped to once again lin...
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Editorial: Northwest Community, the legacy of Stuart Paddock Sr.Jul 11, 2020 3:00 pm - In many ways, this newspaper and Northwest Community Hospital grew up together. The late Stuart Paddock Sr., venerable editor and onetime owner, was a community builder ...
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Why We Walk: 'Strike Out ALS' with Les Turner's virtual 5K or 1-mileJul 09, 2020 6:15 am - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control. ALS...
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Why We Walk for ALS: 'She truly lived life to the fullest'Jul 09, 2020 6:00 am - When my first cousin Eileen Frederick began noticing a weakness in her leg and foot drop, she didn't know what the cause might be. She didn't suspect it was ALS, the dis...