Articles filed under Health
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Advocate to acquire 56 Walgreens clinicsJan 11, 2016 4:00 am - A unit of Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care is expected to announce today that it has agreed to acquire 56 area Healthcare Clinics from Deerfield-based Walgreens....
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Naperville parents learn to promote resilience in teensJan 10, 2016 12:00 am - In the face of increasing concern about teen anxiety, depression and drug abuse, leaders in Naperville are focusing on resilience, a set of hard-to-define skills that he...
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Rosemont's Life Fitness has healthy future in new productsJan 10, 2016 12:00 am - Life Fitness President Chris Clawson prefers to stand all day at a tall desk in his office. He and the staff even stand during meetings. He strongly believes standi...
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Tax error complicates financial help for some with ObamacareJan 09, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - About 1.4 million households that got financial help for health insurance under President Barack Obama's law failed to properly account for it on their...
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US seeks strong finish on health care sign-ups amid doubtsJan 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Seeking a strong showing in President Barack Obama's last year in office, the administration said Thursday 11.3 million people have enrolled for health...
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Community, family helping Villa Park teacher on road to recoveryJan 06, 2016 12:00 am - Elise Boni knows the path to her recovery will be long and difficult, with some uncertainties along the way, much like the Chicago Marathon she completed for the first t...
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Equity firm invests $250 million in DuPage Medical GroupJan 06, 2016 12:00 am - Downers Grove-based DuPage Medical Group is getting a $250 million investment through a partnership with Boston-based global equity firm Summit Partners, the physicians ...
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Obamacare Insurers Sweeten Plans With Free Doctor VisitsJan 04, 2016 6:00 am - Health insurers in several big cities will take some pain out of doctor visits this year - the financial kind. They’ll offer free visits to primary care doctors in the...
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Palatine man who decapitated mother could be released in 2016Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - Karl Sneider decapitated his mother, Kathryn Sneider, and put her head on the porch after he killed the then 49-year-old woman in her Palatine home Jan. 28, 2003. He was...
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Winfield to receive $900,000 annual grant from Central DuPage HospitalDec 28, 2015 12:00 am - Winfield will receive a $900,000 annual grant over each of the next five years from Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital as part of an agreement finalized Monda...