Articles filed under Health
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Geneva Super Shuffle 5K to mark 10th anniversaryJan 12, 2020 10:00 pm - The Geneva Park District's annual Super Shuffle 5K is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020. The run began in 2011 as a unique event that encouraged people to be acti...
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Radon test kits available from Lake County Health DepartmentJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - The Lake County Health Department is offering radon testing kits for $10 at its office, 500 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville, or $13 by mail. The cost includes return po...
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Flu on upswing in Kane CountyJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - The Kane County Health Department is reporting elevated levels of flu. The department says 8.5% of emergency room visits in the county for the week ending Dec. 28 were ...
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Community Conversations focuses on suicide awarenessJan 06, 2020 10:00 pm - Naperville City Councilman John Krummen and DuPage County Board member Dawn DeSart of Aurora are planning the second of their Community Conversations, this one focused o...
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Ecker Center warms up with generous donationsJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - A week before Christmas, Ecker Center for Mental Health's maintenance staff discovered that the first-floor's HVAC unit had stopped functioning. The industrial HVAC sys...
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Learn about workplace bullying at Jan. 21 eventJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - "Movements of the Heart," the second session on workplace bullying, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Lighthouse room of St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 1500 B...
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Daily phone calls are helping a dozen Aurora Township seniors' mental healthJan 01, 2020 5:00 am - Forget the window. For a dozen seniors in Aurora Township, the sunshine comes in through the phone. The seniors all have mental health conditions and are part of a new p...
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Why government agencies can now apply for St. Charles mental health fundingDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - With a history of predominantly funding nonprofits, the St. Charles 708 mental health board now also will accept applications from government agencies that directly serv...
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How a suburban nurse is turning surgical tray wraps into blankets for Chicago's homelessDec 26, 2019 12:00 am - Everyone who works in a hospital operating room knows what a surgical tray wrap is. It's the thick, waterproof stuff that keeps surgical instruments sterile, and once i...
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Constable: Half a heart, full helping of love (and Ronald McDonald House's help)Dec 25, 2019 5:00 am - In the bustling Ingleside home, with four young kids scampering around a Christmas tree displaying no breakable ornaments on the bottom branches, here comes 2-year-old A...