Articles filed under Health
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Schneider calls for Waukegan plant's temporary closure after carcinogenic gas detectedJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Environmental tests have revealed "elevated" levels of a carcinogenic gas near a Waukegan factory, Lake County officials announced Friday, leading the area's federal leg...
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Horns are growing on young people's skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.Jun 20, 2019 1:00 am - Mobile technology has transformed the way we live - how we read, work, communicate, shop and date. But we already know this. What we have not yet grasped is the way the ...
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Itasca hotel eyed as future drug treatment facilityJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - A Chicago-based nonprofit group that provides treatment for substance use disorders and mental health conditions has announced plans for a new behavioral health complex ...
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Woodridge parents welcome quadruplets at Advocate Good SamaritanJun 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Two Woodridge parents got to celebrate a busier Father's Day than usual with the arrival of quadruplets June 10. Silver and Onyinye Stanley Nwagha welcomed their four ba...
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Chambers of commerce largely staying silent on marijuana salesJun 17, 2019 5:30 am - Suburban chambers of commerce are largely staying out of the debate on whether to allow or forbid recreational marijuana sales in towns across the region. The ethics be...
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Allow sales or 'incur pain'? Suburbs weighing legal pot shop regulationsJun 17, 2019 5:30 am - Recreational use of marijuana will be legal in Illinois come Jan. 1, but whether pot can be sold in our backyards is up to local officials. Each community has the author...
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Radford Green Makes Heartfelt Connections with ResidentsJun 16, 2019 11:00 pm - She helped guard the Bush family ranch as an aerospace control and warning systems surveillance technician after 911, but today Air Force veteran Tiffany Zapata is focus...
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Constable: Teen advocates for others as she waits for new lungsJun 15, 2019 1:00 am - Nineteen-year-old Maddi Bertrand of Glen Ellyn is a leading voice in a somber new video by The New York Times, which notes that 11,000 Americans will die this year while...
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AMITA Health offers state-of-the-art joint replacementJun 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Joint replacement procedures count over 100 years of operative history and we've come a very long way from 1822 London when the first excision joint arthroplasty was per...
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Early bird fee for Lions Heritage Fest 5K Race ends Aug. 31Jun 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Register early before the price goes up for the Lions Heritage Fest 5-K Run & 1.6 Mile Walk in Dundee at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. Register at lionsheritagefest5k.com. ...