Articles filed under Health
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Zuckerberg gives $5 million for health centerJan 25, 2014 7:00 am - EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are donating $5 million to help expand a community health center in Silicon Valley. The gift — announc...
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The SoapboxJan 25, 2014 4:00 am - Perfect setting: Friday is Pack the Place night at Prospect High School, which hosts Hersey in a boys-girls basketball doubleheader. It’s also where the IHSA will honor ...
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Work on I-90, Barrington Road interchange to startJan 24, 2014 4:15 am - Bids are expected to be opened next month for reconstruction of the Barrington Road bridge over the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway and the long-awaited building of a full ...
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Poll finds drop in uninsured rateJan 23, 2014 7:31 am - WASHINGTON — The nation’s uninsured rate dropped modestly this month as the major coverage expansion under President Barack Obama’s health care law got under way, accord...
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Insurance through work? Health law affects you, tooJan 21, 2014 9:56 am - The health care overhaul’s reach stretches far beyond the millions of uninsured Americans it is expected to help. It also could touch everything from the drug choices to...
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New Sherman program addresses heart patients' rehospitalizationsJan 20, 2014 4:30 am - Elgin's Advocate Sherman Hospital is the only hospital in Illinois chosen to kick off a new program that aims to prevent heart patients from being rehospitalized within ...
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Feeling mad? New devices can sense your mood and tell — or even text — othersJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - Cognitive psychologist Mary Czerwinski and her boyfriend were having a vigorous argument as they drove to Vancouver, B.C., from Seattle, where she works at Microsoft Res...
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W. Virginia spill latest case of coal contaminationJan 18, 2014 1:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The chemical spill that contaminated water for hundreds of thousands in West Virginia was only the latest and most high-profile case of coal sullying the na...
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Surgeon general ties cigarettes to diseases beyond cancerJan 17, 2014 8:22 pm - A half century after linking smoking to lung cancer, the U.S. is confronting stalled progress in kicking the habit of 42 million Americans with new evidence that many co...
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Cubs skipper visits Advocate Children’s HospitalJan 17, 2014 2:43 pm - New Cubs Manager Rick Renteria visited with children and families at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge on Friday afternoon as part of the annual Cubs Caravan’s ...