Articles filed under Health
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Naperville man joins Edward Foundation boardJan 03, 2018 10:00 pm - Longtime Naperville resident Louis Sands has been named to the Edward Foundation board of trustees. Sands is the tax managing director of Sikich, LLP, a Naperville-base...
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Few colleges track suicides, despite prevention investmentsJan 02, 2018 12:00 am - BOSTON - Nearly half of the largest U.S. public universities do not track suicides among their students, despite making investments in prevention at a time of surging de...
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How animal-assisted therapy helps students cope with anxietyDec 30, 2017 12:00 am - Editor's note: This is the latest in Suburban Education Lab, an occasional series focusing on innovative programs at suburban schools, colleges and universities tac...
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DuPage medical professionals help in hurricane-ravaged areasDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - Four Edward-Elmhurst Health employees stepped up in October to provide medical relief in the aftermath of the September hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico and parts ...
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Why the legal age to buy tobacco isn't going up to 21 everywhereDec 27, 2017 4:30 am - Efforts to boost the minimum age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21 have caught on in Lake and Cook counties far more than in the other collar counti...
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Trump predicts Republicans and Democrats will agree on health care planDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump is predicting that Democrats and Republicans will "eventually come together "on a new health care plan for the country. Sending...
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This old drug was free. Now it costs $109,500 a year.Dec 24, 2017 6:19 am - For four decades, Don Anderson of Seattle has been taking the same drug to help control the temporary bouts of immobility and muscle weakness caused by a rare and fright...
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'Corey's Goal' aims to educate schools on disciplinary issuesDec 23, 2017 12:00 am - Nearly a year after their son's meeting with Naperville North High School officials, which led to his suicide, Corey Walgren's family is taking action to prevent it from...
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Rozner: Family, friends helping Blackhawks great Eddie Olczyk in his fight against cancerDec 23, 2017 12:00 am - There is every minute of your life before the phone call. And everything after. The shock too shattering to define. Words painfully inadequate. You remember the ring of ...
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Schaumburg Park District banning smoking at outdoor facilitiesDec 22, 2017 12:00 am - Exactly a decade after indoor smoking became illegal in public places Illinois, the Schaumburg Park District on Jan. 1 will also ban smoking from nearly all its outdoor ...