Articles filed under Health
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Trying to make mental health first aid as familiar as CPRJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - If someone suddenly collapsed and appeared to be having a heart attack, you wouldn't just walk on by, right? You'd at least call 911. You'd likely stay with the person ...
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Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy receives URAC accreditationJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC received full specialty pharmacy accreditation from URAC, an independent health care accrediting organization that assesses ...
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Constable: Suburban blind activists seek accessible InternetJan 24, 2016 6:30 am - The Americans with Disabilities Act has been the law of the land since President George H.W. Bush signed it on July 26, 1990. More than a quarter century later, local ac...
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Insurance customers begin new year with delaysJan 24, 2016 12:00 am - Thousands of health insurance consumers around the country have started the new year dealing with missing ID cards, billing errors and other problems tied to an enrollme...
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Lutheran Social Services cuts 30 programs due to state budgetJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - An array of social services - from suburban drug and mental health services to help for homebound senior citizens - were shuttered Friday and staff members laid off beca...
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Peeking inside Rolling Meadows' new medical marijuana dispensaryJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - Patients walking into Nature's Care in Rolling Meadows won't see shelves full of cannabis or pictures of marijuana leaves on the wall. In fact, they won't see the drug a...
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Constable: New baby smell brings happiness this grim JanuaryJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - The grief we might feel at the demise of David Bowie, Alan Rickman or Glenn Frey serves as an appetizer for the heartache inflicted by the deaths of loved ones, co-worke...
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Villa Park puts healthy initiatives in placeJan 17, 2016 10:00 pm - There's a patch of land on Villa Park's north side that may be thick this summer with leafy vegetable plants, bearing produce destined for residents' dinner tables. Plan...
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Medical marijuana shops: We need more customersJan 17, 2016 5:30 am - All the trappings of the Buffalo Grove business are in place: bulletproof walls, product locked away in a vault, high-end paintings and welcoming pharmacists. There's ju...
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Des Plaines hospital adds outpatient program for troubled veteransJan 17, 2016 12:00 am - Chicago Behavioral Hospital, which 15 months ago took over Maryville Behavioral Health Hospital in Des Plaines, has spent millions of dollars to modernize the new Extra ...