Articles filed under Health
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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. ...
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Learn mental health first-aidJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - The Aspen Drive Library in Vernon Hills will host a two-part mental health first-aid program Saturday and June 15. The programs run from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day at...
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Pfizer had clues drug could prevent Alzheimer's. Why didn't it tell the world?Jun 05, 2019 1:00 am - A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company's blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, appe...
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Ben's Memorial Mile to support mental health causes in Downers GroveJun 04, 2019 5:00 am - In the years since Ben Silver died, an event his family started in his honor has worked to increase understanding of the mental illness he endured. It's also promoted B...
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Former Glen Ellyn native to run across AustraliaJun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - Ten years after her record run across America, Katie Visco, a former Glen Ellyn native and Glenbard West 2003 graduate, will be running across Australia starting July 13...
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Constable: Cannabidiol chemist inspired by grandma's plea for weedJun 01, 2019 1:00 am - When Shannon Tor was in high school, his grandmother asked him to fix her up with some good stuff. “She asked me to buy her some weed,” remembers Tor, who ended up not p...