Articles filed under Health
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NCH stroke program earns awardSep 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare has received the 2015 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achieveme...
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The crazy reason it costs $14,000 to treat a snakebite with $14 medicineSep 13, 2015 7:34 am - Every once in awhile somebody will go and get themselves bitten by a venomous snake, and come home with an outrageous hospital bill that makes headlines. Nobody expects ...
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First West Nile case reported in DuPage CountySep 10, 2015 1:00 am - Daily Herald report A Carol Stream woman is the first person to be treated for West Nile virus this year in DuPage County, health department officials said Thursday. Th...
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Schaumburg business community focuses on counselingSep 08, 2015 1:00 am - Members of the Illinois Counseling Association Foundation spoke to the Schaumburg Business Association Tuesday about meeting the challenge of providing social programs f...
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Bone marrow donor drive in Hoffman EstatesSep 07, 2015 1:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates will be holding a Bone Marrow Donor Drive for several weeks in September. If you are between the ages of 18 and 55, in good general health...
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PharmaPoint opens pharmacy at Edward HospitalSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - NAPERVILLE - Edward Hospital has recently opened a PharmaPoint point-of-care retail pharmacy within the facility. PharmaPoint is a Birmingham, Ala.-based technology-enab...
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Presence Health, Physicians to partnerSep 01, 2015 1:00 am - Presence Health and Physicians Immediate Care said Tuesday they will form a joint venture to operate urgent care and occupational medicine facilities around Chicago ...
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Nursing program turns 50 at ECCAug 31, 2015 5:45 am - From its first graduating class of about seven students to more than 3,390 graduates to date, Elgin Community College's nursing program marks its 50th anniversary this y...
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Condell to host cardiac expoAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - Advocate Condell Medical Center's Heart Institute and the Advocate Mission and Spiritual Care Department will provide a panel of medical professionals at the Heart & Sou...
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A growing push to document surgeries with cameras in operating roomsAug 29, 2015 11:00 pm - Chris Nowakoski's wife died in Wisconsin during what should have been a routine procedure on her pacemaker. Danny Long's wife in North Carolina suffered catastrophic neu...