Articles filed under Health
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Cary Physical Therapy offers osteoporosis workshop to fellow professionalsFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - Statistics show that over the age of 55, one in two women and one in four men will suffer a fracture due to low bone density. On April 9-10, Deb Gulbrandson, owner of Ca...
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Volunteers knit more than 18,000 red hats for newbornsFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - Throughout February, all babies born at more than 30 Chicago area hospitals, will be given red hats in support of the American Heart Association's Little Hats, Big Heart...
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10th Congressional hopefuls talk ObamacareFeb 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Six years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act is a source of strife between the Democrats running for Illinois' 10th Congressional District seat. The primary race...
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Children's Hospital group partners with MedlineFeb 12, 2016 12:00 am - MUNDELEIN - Child Health Advantage, a purchasing program for physicians through Children's Hospital Association, has chosen Medline as its preferred health care product ...
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Illinois youth soccer group bans hitting ball with headFeb 12, 2016 12:00 am - The group that governs 81,000 young soccer players in Illinois says it will no longer let athletes age 10 and younger use their heads to strike the ball. Illinois Youth ...
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Farm Contractors Balk At Obamacare RequirementsFeb 11, 2016 6:00 am - Obamacare is putting the agricultural industry in a tizzy. Many contractors who provide farm labor and must now offer workers health insurance are complaining loudly abo...
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Minority women receive free services at Renz CenterFeb 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Minority women in need of substance abuse treatment can now receive free trauma informed services through Renz Addiction Counseling Center's "Sisters Unite in Preventing...
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Gov't report: 8 states had significant drop in uninsuredFeb 09, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight states saw a significant drop last year in the number of residents going without health insurance, according to a government report out Tuesday t...
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Abbott brings 'salted decadence' bars to crowded snack aisleFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - Abbott Laboratories, the world's largest maker of heart stents and adult nutritional beverages, is doubling down on the crowded $6.2 billion U.S. snack market with a lin...
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How your ethnicity impacts heart disease riskFeb 07, 2016 10:00 pm - African Americans, Latinos and Asians were found to have a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to Caucasian people, according to a recent study. CHD play...