Articles filed under Health
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Dr. Stanley Zydlo remembered in Palatine as 'a public treasure'Jun 10, 2015 1:00 am - On yet another day his contributions to society continued to save lives, Dr. Stanley Zydlo - considered the "father" of paramedic service in the Northwest suburbs - was ...
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Walgreens, insurers push expansion of virtual doctor visitsJun 10, 2015 1:00 am - Millions of people will be able to see a doctor on their smartphones or laptops for everyday ailments once the nation's largest drugstore chain and two major insurers ex...
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Suburban business community learns about mental health careJun 09, 2015 1:00 am - Change is always challenging, but these aren't the worst of times for behavioral health care in Illinois, according to experts who spoke Tuesday to members of the Northw...
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Elmhurst-based Val-A Chicago acquired by Lighthouse for the BlindJun 08, 2015 1:00 am - Lighthouse for the Blind-Saint Louis, a not-for-profit manufacturing and packaging organization, said Monday that it acquired all assets of Elmhurst-based Val-A Chic...
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Diapers being collected for moms in needJun 07, 2015 11:00 pm - Imagine on top of all the stresses of motherhood, the added stress of not being able to diaper your child. Imagine having to take a bus, with kids in tow, to shop for a...
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The big business of health care analyticsJun 07, 2015 7:12 am - The American health care industry's pivot to personalized medicine has attracted the interest of an unlikely group of companies - government contractors. As health care ...
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At least 3,900 Medicare millionaires revealed in U.S. dataJun 07, 2015 5:32 am - A small group of doctors accounted for a large chunk of Medicare payments once again, data released by the U.S. government show. Medicare paid at least 3,900 individual ...
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DuPage Medical Group Oak Brook Family Medicine relocates to WestmontJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - WESTMONT - DuPage Medical Group announced five of its family medicine physicians will relocate from their current location at 3011 Butterfield Road in Oak Brook to 801 N...
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Dr. Stanley Zydlo, 'father' of paramedic service in suburbs and country, diesJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - Dr. Stanley M. Zydlo, who in the face of skepticism introduced the idea of training firefighters to be paramedics in the early 1970s — a system now credited with saving ...
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The bizarre thing that happens when people take diet drugsMay 31, 2015 7:37 am - In 2007, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter diet drug. Alli, as the pill was (and still is) called, could be taken by anyone, without a...