Articles filed under Health
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Massachusetts advocate: Let young people market baby safe havensAug 17, 2016 5:30 am - Ask teenagers if they know what a baby safe haven is and their response likely will be "No." A Massachusetts group says while safe haven laws across the country are well...
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Advocates to troubled parents: Please drop off babies at safe havensAug 17, 2016 5:30 am - Child advocates are urging parents considering abandoning their newborns to instead bring them to one of many baby safe havens across the state - no questions asked. The...
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Where Trump, Clinton stand on how to stop opioid epidemicAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: One in an AP series examining issues at stake in the presidential election and how they affect people The Issue More Americans are dying from opioid...
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Philhaven applications will be taken Friday in Elk Grove VillageAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Officials are taking applications for housing at PhilHaven, a permanent supportive housing community in Wheeling, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19. To be eligible, a...
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International Chicago 5K race draws legendary runnersAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - Four legendary runners - Steve Jones, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Constantina Dita and Deena Kastor - will return to Chicago take part in inaugural International Chicago 5K o...
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Walgreens collecting unwanted drugs at 12 suburban pharmaciesAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - A dozen Walgreens sites across the suburbs now are not only places to get medications, but also to return them. The pharmacy chain on Monday announced the installation o...
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Administration Paints Rosy Future For Obamacare MarketplacesAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - Despite dire warnings from Republicans and some large insurers about the stability of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, an Obama administration report released Thursday...
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Historic course beckons runners to Raceway 5KAug 10, 2016 5:30 am - No engines will be starting on Saturday, Aug. 13, but there will be plenty of racing going on at the Raceway Woods Forest Preserve in Carpentersville. Rotary Club of Car...
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Park Ridge hospital unveiling new cardiac catheterization labAug 08, 2016 11:00 pm - At the age of 59, Vito Lullo of Norridge had no symptoms of heart disease. So when his niece suggested that Advocate Lutheran General Hospital was doing healthy heart sc...
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Report: 7-year-old who died at cheer camp had heart defectAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - The 7-year-old Park Ridge girl who died during cheerleading camp in June at Maine South High School had a congenital heart defect, according to the Cook County medical e...