Articles filed under Health
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NCH offers early lung cancer screening programAug 21, 2013 9:51 am - For smokers and former smokers, the risk of getting lung cancer is much higher than for nonsmokers. But high-risk smokers can breathe a sigh of relief with a program at ...
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Medical marijuana facilities could be in Bartlett business parkAug 21, 2013 5:30 am - If a medical marijuana cultivation or dispensing center comes to Bartlett next year, it will likely be located in the Brewster Creek Business Park, away from homes, scho...
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By the numbersAug 20, 2013 1:14 pm - CVS Caremark’s built-out facility in Mount Prospect offers customer care and prescription fulfillment nationwide. Here’s how it was done: ŸInvestment: $67 million with t...
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CVS Caremark's new Mount Prospect site to employ 400Aug 20, 2013 11:00 am - CVS Caremark Tuesday unveiled its completed $67 million mail service pharmacy and customer center in Mount Prospect, adding 180 new employees while moving in 220 fro...
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Businesses seek cure for health care cost surgeAug 18, 2013 7:47 am - NEW YORK — A year ago, Teresa Hartnett was on the verge of expanding her small business. The company had hit $1 million in sales, and requests from clients were flowing ...
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Is new fertility app ambitious or creepy?Aug 17, 2013 8:11 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. My meeting the other day with a hot new San Francisco startup began routinely enough. Ikea-furnished office full of Macs, shaggy company dog, high-end ...
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Judge: EPA may have tried to skirt disclosure lawAug 15, 2013 5:37 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge says the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of personal email accounts may have been aimed at skirting public disclosure requirements. U....
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California panel launches probe into offshore frackingAug 15, 2013 5:10 pm - LOS ANGELES — California regulators have launched an investigation into offshore hydraulic fracturing after revelations that the practice had quietly occurred off the co...
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Campbell sued over heart-healthy sodium labelAug 15, 2013 1:33 pm - NEW YORK — A new lawsuit is contesting the validity of the heart-healthy claims on some cans of Campbell’s soups. At the center of the federal lawsuit is the “Heart-Chec...
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Hoffman Estates OK’d to immunize underinsured childrenAug 13, 2013 12:27 pm - Hoffman Estates Department of Health and Human Services has been approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to continue serving all children, including those w...