Articles filed under Health
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Fry Family YMCA opens doors to new additionFeb 16, 2013 7:00 am - Renovations are nothing new to Naperville’s Fry Family YMCA, but the latest round is expected to extend the facility’s life by several years. YMCA officials and communit...
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Local, national experts to address Affordable Care ActFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - What does the Affordable Care Act mean to small- and medium-sized businesses? Alexian Brothers Health System and the Daily Herald Media Group are holding an informationa...
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Morning-after pill use up to 1 in 9 younger womenFeb 14, 2013 9:00 am - NEW YORK — About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its ...
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Roselle clinic offers free dental careFeb 13, 2013 4:01 pm - Roughly 50 people received free dental services Wednesday as part of the Dentist with a Heart campaign at 1st Family Dental in Roselle. Dr. Sandy Murad said the campaign...
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Provena Mercy offers free program to those at risk for diabetesFeb 12, 2013 11:01 am - Provena Mercy offers free prevention program to those at risk for diabetes
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Arlington Heights cancels February vaccine clinicFeb 11, 2013 2:53 pm - A change in federal funding is forcing Arlington Heights to cancel its monthly immunization clinic for February and put the whole program — which served more than 800 un...
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Novo Nordisk shares tumble on drug review setbackFeb 11, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled Monday after the Danish drugmaker said U.S. regulators need a new study before they can finish their review of two diabetes tre...
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How hospitals have slowed the readmission epidemicFeb 10, 2013 2:25 pm - WASHINGTON — More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for...
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Fewer die in hospitals as hospice, intensive care use increaseFeb 10, 2013 6:09 am - More people are dying in hospice care rather than in the hospital, though the shift hasn’t led to less aggressive treatment or lower costs as patients spend additional t...
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In a switch, GOP governors back expanding MedicaidFeb 08, 2013 7:09 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration’s new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into par...