Articles filed under Health
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How new runners get in shape with Busse Woods Couch to 5K programMay 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Every Tuesday night, Jenny Swanson of Wauconda and her 14-year old daughter, Mia, have a date night. That's when they drive to Palatine to meet up with their running gro...
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Mental health check in - Five tips for a healthy mind and bodyMay 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Dr. Andrew Segovia Kulik, chair of psychiatry at the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, is the first to admit that maintaining good mental health is hard, even for t...
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Arlington Heights home for those with mental illness marks 25 yearsMay 21, 2018 5:30 am - In a nondescript two-flat apartment building on Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights one recent afternoon, eight residents gathered to sing verses of "Oh! Susanna," pl...
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How a Winfield doctor helped get new opioid withdrawal drug approvedMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - A suburban doctor was one of the most active researchers to study a drug that recently became the first non-opioid approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat ...
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Seminar on how to prevent stroke May 23 in Arlington HeightsMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - Northwest Community Healthcare will host a free community event Wednesday, May 23, to educate the public about the warning signs of a stroke and how to prevent it. The e...
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Introducing a new column on long-term grief and healingMay 11, 2018 1:00 am - Next week, we introduce a new Monday column by Susan Anderson-Khleif meant to help widows and widowers cope with long-term grief. The overwhelming personal feedback we r...
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A soldier needed an ear transplant. Doctors 'grew' a new one in her arm.May 10, 2018 1:00 am - Two years ago, Army Pvt. Shamika Burrage almost died when she was ejected from her car during a crash in Texas. Afterward, when she woke up in the hospital, she wasn't w...
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Today’s Special: Obamacare Menu Labeling Rules Ushered InMay 07, 2018 7:00 am - President Donald Trump has found one part of the federal health law palatable: He’s allowing Obamacare rules that require chain restaurants to post calorie counts to g...
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Alexian Brothers Foundation ball raises money for mental health servicesMay 05, 2018 1:00 am - Guests at the Alexian Brothers Foundation's Ball de Fleur started out Saturday night near the Regenstein Macaque Forest at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, where soon there w...
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Surgeon General on suburban opioid response: 'Stay the course'May 02, 2018 1:00 am - U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams visited the Western suburbs Wednesday to promote what he says is one of the major steps to solving the opioid crisis and to tell of...