Articles filed under Health
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Daily phone calls are helping a dozen Aurora Township seniors' mental healthJan 01, 2020 5:00 am - Forget the window. For a dozen seniors in Aurora Township, the sunshine comes in through the phone. The seniors all have mental health conditions and are part of a new p...
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Why government agencies can now apply for St. Charles mental health fundingDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - With a history of predominantly funding nonprofits, the St. Charles 708 mental health board now also will accept applications from government agencies that directly serv...
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How a suburban nurse is turning surgical tray wraps into blankets for Chicago's homelessDec 26, 2019 12:00 am - Everyone who works in a hospital operating room knows what a surgical tray wrap is. It's the thick, waterproof stuff that keeps surgical instruments sterile, and once i...
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Constable: Half a heart, full helping of love (and Ronald McDonald House's help)Dec 25, 2019 5:00 am - In the bustling Ingleside home, with four young kids scampering around a Christmas tree displaying no breakable ornaments on the bottom branches, here comes 2-year-old A...
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Naperville shop leads Hinsdale native's book on running shoesDec 23, 2019 12:00 am - A new book about running shoes starts with the author's observations about the footwear of people jogging along Naperville's Riverwalk. There are two women in ponytails...
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How undoing 'Obamacare' would harm more than the health of AmericansDec 20, 2019 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State Uni...
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Therapy dogs bring holiday cheer to cancer patientsDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - Patients at the Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center in Warrenville are getting some extra holiday cheer thanks to a new animal-assisted therapy program. Dogs and their ...
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Portion Of ObamacareDec 18, 2019 6:00 am - A federal appeals court panel in New Orleans dealt another blow to the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, agreeing with a lower-court judge that the portion of the health...
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Discovery Health Partners honored for tech initiativeDec 17, 2019 12:00 am - ITASCA - Discovery Health Partners has been named an honoree of a 2020 FutureEdge 50 Award from IDG. The honor is given to organizations that are pushing the edge with n...
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Pediatric patients at CDH get surprise visitors from a galaxy far, far awayDec 16, 2019 12:00 am - Brandon Callison was very curious Monday when told he was getting some special visitors. “I have no idea who it could be,” said the Warrenville 10-year-old, who is conva...