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'We want to save lives': Haymarket says it's proceeding with Itasca rehab center plans despite opposition

By Katlyn Smith
Sep 19, 2019 6:56 PM - Haymarket Center officials are pushing forward with their bid to open an Itasca addiction treatment facility despite a resistance campaign that brought overflow crowds to what was supposed to be the first public hearing on the project.
Walgreens to test drone delivery

Sep 19, 2019 1:23 PM - Walgreens will be the first retailer in the U.S. to test an on-demand drone delivery service with Wing in Christiansburg, Virginia next month. Credit: Wing
Crowd size overwhelms Itasca hearing on Haymarket rehab center plans

By Katlyn Smith and Robert Sanchez
Sep 19, 2019 2:21 PM - Itasca plan commissioners admitted they underestimated public interest in a proposed addiction treatment center when a crowd representing 16% of the town's population packed their meeting Wednesday night.
Delnor starts new residency program for primary care doctors

Sep 18, 2019 11:13 AM - Delnor Hospital's new Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency is training medical residents in the local community to address the need for primary care doctors.
Dentists Provide Over $28,000 Worth of Free Dental Care

Sandra Aiello
Sep 18, 2019 8:07 AM - On Friday, September 6th, Brian Homann DDS, hosted a Free Dental Day for those in need at Elk Grove Family Dental. Dr. Brian Homann, periodontist Dr. Jennifer Silc, and oral surgeon Dr. Mark Spinazze, with their staff, provided over $28,000 worth of free dental care for 40 patients.
State lawmakers seek to cap insulin prices

By Peter Hancock
Sep 17, 2019 4:58 PM - Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would bring down the out-of-pocket cost for insulin for many diabetes patients in Illinois. "Insulin isn't optional," said Rep. Sue Scherer, a Decatur Democrat. "It's life-or-death for people, and it is so totally unfair that people are having to choose between insulin and food for themselves or their family."
Pinnacle Dermatology acquires Tennessee clinics

Sep 17, 2019 11:12 AM - Pinnacle Dermatology has entered the Tennessee market with the recent acquisition of 9 Murfreesboro Dermatology Clinic and Belle Meade Dermatology locations and 17 providers in the Nashville area.
Legacy Healthcare adds two suburban facilities

Daily Herald staff report
Sep 17, 2019 10:59 AM - Bella Terra Streamwood and Bella Terra Wheeling have joined Legacy Healthcare's portfolio of homes in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Batavia woman one of two new Legionnaires' cases outside senior living community

By Lauren Rohr
Sep 16, 2019 7:41 PM - An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has spread beyond a Batavia senior living community, with two additional cases confirmed in the surrounding area.
Brookdale Vernon Hills launches $12 million project to add dementia care

Daily Herald report
Sep 13, 2019 4:45 PM - Brookdale Vernon Hills will begin work on a $12 million project to add Alzheimer's and dementia care solutions and to also enhance common areas in the senior living community in a ceremony 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.

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