Articles filed under Health
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Delnor cancer center expansion close to city approvalApr 25, 2012 4:21 pm - The Geneva City Council appears poised to approve Cadence Health’s plan to redo the radiation therapy center at Delnor Hospital. Monday night the council, meeting as a c...
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Group says Medicaid cuts could cost Illinois jobsApr 25, 2012 3:58 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Another advocacy group is using the prospect of job losses to oppose Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to cut Medicaid. The Responsible Budget Coalitions says Illinois...
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Save a life, be an organ donorApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - April has been designated “Organ Donation” month, a subject that does not offer a great deal of public awareness. I have been pleased to see the recent commercials appea...
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Local organizations make Latinos comfortable with hospiceApr 24, 2012 11:00 pm - Maria Prieto, in her 39th year of marriage, had to make a decision about her husband's care. He was 86, he had liver failure, and could eat and drink only through feedin...
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Opening Kirchoff exits not the answerApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - Regarding the letter from Cathy Larocca about opening the Kirchoff Road exits at NCH, I am compelled to respond. The issue has nothing to do with area residents wishing ...
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If food is in plastic, what’s in the food?Apr 22, 2012 8:32 am - In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that hadn’t been...
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Starbucks picks Africa rooibos in $23 billion tea marketApr 22, 2012 5:35 am - Business is brisk these days for the 600 or so growers of rooibos, a caffeine-free herbal tea unique to South Africa’s Western Cape province whose clients include Starbu...
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Abbott laser gets FDA clearanceApr 20, 2012 10:00 am - Libetyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser, used to create bo...
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What parents need to know about kids and concussionsApr 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Maribel Piccinini, the mother of 16-year-old Conant High School football player Troy Piccinini, knows well the risks associated with pediatric concussion. She's navigate...
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Legislative committee can’t agree on Medicaid cutsApr 18, 2012 3:55 pm - A bipartisan group tasked with cutting the state’s Medicaid budget by $2.7 billion failed to come up with a plan by a deadline this week and now Gov. Pat Quinn intends t...