Articles filed under Health
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Healthy Lombard plans Fitness FairJan 15, 2017 10:00 pm - The Healthy Lombard Foundation will sponsor its seventh annual Fitness February Fair next month in Yorktown Center. The fair will be from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, ...
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As Obamacare Repeal Heats Up, Newly Insured North Carolinians FretJan 13, 2017 6:00 am - Darlene Hawes lost her health insurance about a year after her husband died in 2012. Hawes, 55, is from Charlotte, N.C. She ended up going without insurance for a few ye...
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How families can join study probing genetics of autismJan 13, 2017 4:00 am - Courtney McClear has autism and, for the first time, her relatives believe they can do something to find out why. The McClears plan to sign up Saturday for a nationwide...
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Wilson tapped as Holy Family presidentJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - Presence Health, the largest Catholic health care system in Illinois, announced the appointment of Yolande Wilson as the new president of Presence Holy Family Medical Ce...
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Hospital seeks bone marrow match for leukemia patientJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - Northwest Community Healthcare is hosting a bone marrow registry drive in hopes of finding a match for a man with leukemia. The Arlington Heights hospital is looking for...
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Father, writer to share addiction journey story in three suburbsJan 11, 2017 10:00 pm - A parent who's been through the struggle of a child's addiction and also knows how to write about it will be making three free presentations in the Western suburbs this ...
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Why it is time to check your medicine cabinetJan 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Katelyn Regan of Renz Addiction Counseling Center suggests it might be time to check your medicine cabinet. If you've heard the terms "opioid epidemic" and "prescription...
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Fox Valley Hands of Hope offers free support programsJan 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Fox Valley Hands of Hope is offering a variety of free support programs through April. The mission of this community-based, nonprofit organization is to enhance the qual...
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Join NAMI's monthly coffee SaturdayJan 10, 2017 10:00 pm - NAMI Kane-south, DeKalb & Kendall Counties, an affiliate of National Alliance on Mental Illness, will sponsor its monthly coffee from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at ...
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Fewer Americans Paid Obamacare Tax Penalty In 2016Jan 10, 2017 6:00 am - About 6.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $470 for not having health insurance in 2015 - 20 percent fewer than the year before, according to data released T...