Articles filed under Health
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Electing To â€~Opt Out’ Of ObamacareNov 17, 2016 6:00 am - Steven Lopez has gone without health insurance for 15 years, and the Affordable Care Act hasn’t changed his mind. Once again this year he will forgo coverage, he said,...
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Fremd offering students free cardiac screeningsNov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Fremd High School in Palatine is offering free screenings for students on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, to check for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is a genetic heart con...
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Some Panic, Others Shrug At Prospect Of Losing ObamacareNov 15, 2016 6:00 am - The 20 million Americans who have gained health coverage under the Affordable Care Act don’t yet know exactly how the presidency of Donald Trump will change their live...
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Life Spine wins award for spacer systemNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - Business Wire HUNTLEY - Medical device company Life Spine was named a winner in the Eighth Annual Spine Technology Awards for its Longbow Expandable Lateral Spacer Syste...
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Get ready to burn some calories at a Thanksgiving Day raceNov 14, 2016 10:00 pm - Three local races can help you burn off some calories before you start devouring your Thanksgiving feast, and also let you help others while you are doing it. On Thanksg...
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Renz Center receives CARF AccreditationNov 09, 2016 10:00 pm - CARF International has recently announced Renz Addiction Counseling Center has received accreditation for its adult and adolescent outpatient treatment programs. This ac...
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Obamacare â€~Replacement’ Might Look FamiliarNov 09, 2016 6:00 am - The Affordable Care Act transformed the medical system, expanding coverage to millions, injecting billions in tax revenue, changing insurance rules and launching ambitio...
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Glendale Heights-based Universal Beauty to expand operationsNov 09, 2016 12:00 am - Glendale Heights-based Universal Beauty Products Inc., which provides lip care, body oils and other beauty-related products worldwide, has acquired a facility in Bloomin...
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Lake Zurich-area homeless plan has new lifeNov 09, 2016 12:00 am - A plan to place chronically homeless people with mental illness in a building near Lake Zurich has been revived as a result of a judge's ruling in a lawsuit. Lake County...
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New kind of company takes on the global crisis in drug pricesNov 06, 2016 7:16 am - Jerome Zeldis remembers exactly how he felt when he heard about the $84,000 price tag on a powerful new hepatitis C treatment three years ago. "I was somewhere between a...