Articles filed under Health
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Schaumburg Boy Scout earns Eagle after planting butterfly gardenAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Jimmy Minard, a 15-year-old Boy Scout who attends Schaumburg High School, planted a butterfly garden at the Alexian Village of Elk Grove assisted-living facility last we...
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Homework load leads to stressed familiesAug 26, 2015 11:00 pm - For many families, the nightly struggle to get homework done while juggling family commitments, extracurricular activities and a barrage of appointments is foreboding. T...
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Constable: Golden Gate cop, suicide experts agree listening is keyAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the date of the event. During a career that saw him talk to more than 200 suicidal people clinging to the ledg...
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All private rooms coming to Vista Medical Center East in WaukeganAug 25, 2015 1:00 am - Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan received approval Tuesday for an $18 million renovation that paves the way to the hospital containing all private rooms, officials ...
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Why your boss wants to track your heart rate at workAug 23, 2015 7:34 am - The future of the high-performance workplace is taking shape behind closed doors and kept quiet by nondisclosure agreements. Across Britain, hedge funds, banks, call cen...
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Working lots of overtime? Your risk of stroke may increase, study findsAug 23, 2015 7:33 am - If you're a hard-charging workaholic who sleeps at the office and thinks hard work never killed anyone, there's some news out of the British medical journal the Lancet t...
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Walgreens forms partnership with Providence Health & ServicesAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - DEERFIELD - Walgreens announced a strategic clinical collaboration with Seattle-based Providence Health & Services today aimed at coordinating patient care and improving...
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Office building designed before recession to be built in Hoffman EstatesAug 18, 2015 5:30 am - A rare example of a recession-stalled building project being resurrected virtually intact occurred in Hoffman Estates Monday when village board members approved a medica...
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No, Obamacare isn't killing full-time jobs, new evidence showsAug 16, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care reform hasn't meant less time on the job for American workers, according to three newly published studies that challeng...
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Why your company might not offer a high-deductible plan next yearAug 16, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON -- After years of passing on more and more health-care costs to employees, companies are slowing their adoption of high-deductible plans next year, according ...