Articles filed under Health
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Wheaton's Downsizing by Design geared to reduce stress of movingAug 05, 2013 5:00 am - An interview with Pat Cerny Keplinger, a nurse and owner of Downsizing by Design. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Our mission at Downsizing by Design is ...
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New Naperville gym for overweight exercisers onlyAug 04, 2013 8:00 am - Diane Reiter of Aurora noticed two types of people every time she started a membership at a gym — and she was neither. There were those who needed to lose only 10 or 15 ...
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Oil companies frack in coastal waters off CaliforniaAug 03, 2013 2:09 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Companies prospecting for oil off California’s coast have used hydraulic fracturing on at least a dozen occasions to force open cracks beneath the seabed...
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Old tobacco playbook returns with e-cigarettesAug 03, 2013 2:04 pm - RICHMOND, Va. — Companies vying for a stake in the fast-growing electronic cigarette business are reviving the decades-old marketing tactics the tobacco industry used to...
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Stanley Cup thrills kids at Advocate Children's HospitalAug 03, 2013 2:00 pm - John McDonough, president and CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks, brought the Stanley Cup to pediatric patients at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge on Saturday. Pat...
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New Zealand finds botulism signs in milk productsAug 02, 2013 4:59 pm - Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra announced Saturday that tests of some ingredients used in infant formula and sports drinks ha...
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Palatine’s Acura Pharmaceuticals sees $3.1 million 2Q lossAug 02, 2013 10:05 am - Specialty pharmaceutical company Acura Pharmaceuticals, in Palatine, reported a second quarter net loss of $3.1 million primarily due to research and development costs o...
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Designer set the ambience for Alexian hospitalsJul 31, 2013 5:30 am - One of the Alexian Brothers, who served more than 25 years at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village and held the longest continuing tenure of any brother ...
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Pink Heals Tour to visit Good Shepherd SundayJul 29, 2013 3:01 pm - From 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, the Pink Heals Tour will visit the main parking lot of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Route 22 near Lake Barrington, in support...
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Feds ban some Medicare providers in Chicago in crackdownJul 26, 2013 5:08 pm - MIAMI — For the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three high-fraud cities fro...