Articles filed under Health
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Pioneer Center offers programs on bullyingOct 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Every October, schools and organizations across the country join to raise awareness for National Bullying Prevention Month. The goal: encourage communities to work toget...
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Kane County to spend $100,000 more on naloxone to fight overdosesOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County will spend another $100,000 to order more than 2,000 additional doses of naloxone, a drug used to save the lives of people overdosing on heroin and prescript...
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Why the Cook County soda tax failedOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - Tim Schneider and his three Republican counterparts on the Cook County Board spent much of this year trying to convince Democratic colleagues a penny-per-ounce sweetened...
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Neuqua grad second-fastest American in Chicago MarathonOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Chris Derrick has shattered running records and captured U.S. Cross Country Championships from 2013 through 2015. But there was something the former Naperville resident...
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Watch: 2017 Chicago Marathon finish lineOct 07, 2017 11:00 pm - NBC 5 has live coverage of the Chicago Marathon. Click on the player to watch. ...
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Amita Health opening outpatient facility in Carol StreamOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - A former Kmart along North Avenue in Carol Stream is being transformed into a 25,000-square-foot outpatient facility designed to provide health services in a retail-like...
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Hoffman Estates health series begins Oct. 13Oct 05, 2017 1:00 am - The Hoffman Estates Department of Health and Human Services will help you "Take Charge of Your Health" with a free series of workshops for older adults with chronic heal...
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Chicago Marathon boss: After 40 years, we're still the people's raceOct 04, 2017 5:30 am - Editor's note: Carey Pinkowski has served as executive race director of the Chicago Marathon since 1990. He writes about the race's 40th anniversary on Sunday, and t...
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Saturday's 5K to benefit local NAMI organizationOct 02, 2017 11:00 pm - The 2017 NAMI 5K will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Peg Bond Center, 151 N. Island Ave. in downtown Batavia. Advance registration by Thursday, Oct. 5, is...
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Anthem says market concerns forced exit from health exchangeSep 27, 2017 7:00 am - Health insurer Anthem said Wednesday that it is leaving Maine's health insurance exchange next year because of market volatility and uncertainty. The move means Maine is...