Articles filed under Health
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New NCH behavioral health services to meet community needMar 10, 2016 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (March 9, 2016) - Individuals with behavioral health and substance abuse problems will find more resources at Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH...
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How Kane County mental health court reshaped 3 livesMar 10, 2016 4:00 am - Mental health, a growing concern: In an occasional series, the Daily Herald explores how the suburbs respond to conditions of the mind. Today, we sit in on the Kane C...
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Trouble with law in 'rearview mirror' for mental health court gradMar 10, 2016 12:00 am - Kane County Associate Judge Clint Hull calls the case for the last time. "13CF853, People v. Bradley Burroughs." In a suit, having graduated with his associate degree i...
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Do mental health courts work? Stats soon could explainMar 10, 2016 12:00 am - Anecdotal evidence abounds about the benefits of mental health courts. Advocates say these programs of close monitoring and mandated treatment keep nonviolent offenders ...
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Device lets partially paralyzed actor walk for 'Richard III'Mar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Actor/director Michael Patrick Thornton is doing something he hasn't done onstage in 13 years: He's walking. For the first time since spinal strokes left him partially p...
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Mississippi hospital signs vendor agreement with MedlineMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - MUNDELEIN - Memorial Hospital at Gulfport recently signed a five-year prime vendor deal with Medline, valued at $55 million, which includes online reporting tools to tra...
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Warrenville's Healy Pharmacy sold to Portland companyMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Healy Pharmacy in Warrenville has been acquired by Portland, Maine-based Apothecary by Design, a specialty pharmacy that focuses on patients that have infertility, H...
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Aunt Flo visiting? Many women still can't talk openly about their periods and that mattersMar 07, 2016 4:57 am - Despite all the social and professional advancements for women, the monthly period is still treated as a taboo. Because of this persisting social stigma, women will surr...
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Study: Transgender children allowed to live openly fare wellMar 07, 2016 4:48 am - Young transgender children allowed to live openly as the gender they identify with fared as well psychologically as other kids in a small study that suggests parental su...
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AbbVie to Pay $595 Million for Boehringer Immunology TreatmentsMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - AbbVie Inc. will pay Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH at least $595 million to join in developing two drugs aimed at treating psoriasis, Crohn's disease, asthma and other disea...