Articles filed under Health
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Illinois hospital fees to pay for error reportsJul 09, 2014 1:00 am - A new annual licensing fee for Illinois hospitals that takes effect this month will finally fund a system for reporting medical errors that was established by state law ...
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Glen Crest asks community to take Pillowcase ChallengeJul 08, 2014 11:00 pm - Glen Crest Middle School staff members are asking community families to take The Pillowcase Challenge by making pillowcases for chemotherapy patients at the Central DuPa...
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Beam raising for Centegra's Huntley hospital SaturdayJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - Huntley area residents are invited to help raise the beams for Centegra Health System's new 128-bed hospital in Huntley Saturday. The celebration will begin at 9 a.m. an...
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Seasons Hospice hosts open houseJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Des Plaines-based Seasons Hospice Foundation will host a community open house Tuesday where attendees can learn about creating an online bucket list and leaving behind m...
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DuPage taking fight against heroin to schoolsJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - To bolster its efforts to warn young people about the dangers of heroin, DuPage County plans to enlist the help of a Hinsdale-based health education center that already ...
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Wheaton approves new DuPage County community health centerJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage County Health Department officials are hopeful construction on a new 33,000-square-foot community center can start next month after Wheaton officials approved a s...
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For smokers, can e-cigarettes save money?Jul 06, 2014 7:14 am - RICHMOND, Va. - It's difficult to say yet if electronic cigarettes are less harmful than regular fire-and-tobacco smokes, but they can save smokers hundreds or even thou...
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Work begins on new entrance at Good ShepherdJul 06, 2014 1:01 am - Work has begun on a new main entrance at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, adding more traffic cones, construction cranes and workers in hard hats to the campus near Lake...
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Report: Health law sign-ups dogged by data flawsJul 04, 2014 7:22 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is struggling to resolve widespread data discrepancies that could call into question coverage for millions under the health overhau...
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Is Facebook really turning us into lab rats?Jul 04, 2014 7:14 am - How shocking: Facebook had the temerity to conduct an experiment on its users without telling them and now the results have been published in the Proceedings of the U.S....