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Mental health care on campus: Need up, services down - St. Louis Beacon
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:56 GMT

Mental health care on campus: Need up, services down
St. Louis Beacon
More college students are arriving on campus reporting serious mental health problems and more students are threatening suicide than in the past. But some college counseling services, such as those at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, ...
Gaps persist in campus mental health servicesWisconsinWatch.org
Amid surge in demand, UW students combat mental health stigmasLa Crosse Tribune

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Map reveals Lyme disease risk areas - Albany Times Union
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:29:49 GMT

USA TODAY

Map reveals Lyme disease risk areas
Albany Times Union
Areas highlighted as "emerging risk" regions include the Illinois-Indiana border, the New York-Vermont border, southwestern Michigan and eastern North Dakota. (AP Graphic/Yale School of Public Health, Maria Diuk-Wasser) CONCORD, NH — Researchers who ...
Researchers find high risk for Lyme disease in northern IllinoisRockford Register Star
New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areasUSA TODAY
Lyme Disease Ticks Endemic in Northeast, Northern MidwestMedscape
Appleton Post Crescent -Washington Post
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Illinois budget crisis casts pall over Quinn speech, legislative session - Quincy Herald Whig
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:12:39 GMT

Chicago Tribune

Illinois budget crisis casts pall over Quinn speech, legislative session
Quincy Herald Whig
Pat Quinn brought his State of the State address, making it difficult for Quinn to make his point that jobs and economic growth will help Illinois regain its fiscal health. "We all know that the economic storm is far from over," Quinn said in his ...
Time to move on Medicaid spendingChicago Tribune
Illinois is broke, so let's spend moreAmerican Thinker (blog)
Don't balance state's budget on our backsMcLeansboro Times Leader
CBS Local -Chicago Tonight | WTTW -McDonough Voice
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AP Interview: Top Ill. official says lawmakers must act to avert Medicaid 'crisis' - Chicago Tribune
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:14:31 GMT

AP Interview: Top Ill. official says lawmakers must act to avert Medicaid 'crisis'
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (AP) — Given the state's financial predicament, lawmakers will need to consider every possible strategy for cutting the state's Medicaid budget this year, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Director Julie Hamos says.

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Adventist team garners PR honors - The Doings Weekly
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:09:47 GMT

Adventist team garners PR honors
The Doings Weekly
Lisa Parro (left) senior public relations specialist, and Julie Busch, regional director of public relations, won two awards from the Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations. Adventist Midwest Health's public relations team won ...

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Hospitals mine patient records in search of customers - USA TODAY
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:37:26 GMT

USA TODAY

Hospitals mine patient records in search of customers
USA TODAY
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News When the oversized postcard arrived last August from Provena St. Joseph Medical Center promoting a lung cancer screening for current or former smokers over 55, Steven Boyd wondered how the hospital had found him.

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Illinois Catholics rail against new national contraception requirement - Chicago Tribune
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:17:32 GMT

ABC News

Illinois Catholics rail against new national contraception requirement
Chicago Tribune
Roman Catholic bishops and institutions across Illinois are mounting their defenses against the Obama administration's requirement to include contraception in employees' health benefits, a state mandate they have been able to avoid for years.
Bishop Jenky speaks out against new health care legislationMyWebTimes.com

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Illinois seeks to add 100K people to Medicaid program - FOX Illinois
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:40:16 GMT

WLS

Illinois seeks to add 100K people to Medicaid program
FOX Illinois
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which administers Medicaid, asked the federal government to approve accelerating the expansion of the state-federal health insurance program under ...
GOP lawmakers: Drop Cook County Medicaid requestSTLtoday.com
State dragging feet on Medicaid reforms. legislators sayThe State Journal-Register

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Illinois health officials promote 'Wear Red Day' to raise awareness of heart ... - The Republic
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:08:37 GMT

CollegeNews

Illinois health officials promote 'Wear Red Day' to raise awareness of heart ...
The Republic
AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois health officials are asking people to wear red Friday to raise awareness about women's risk of heart disease. The first Friday in February is National Wear Red Day, an observance to highlight heart disease in women.
National Wear Red Day Kicks Off American Heart MonthWJBD Online
Healthy hearts join sweethearts in FebruaryMedill Reports: Chicago
Heart association holds casting callBloomington Pantagraph
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Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsAdvanced Alzheimer's care ... - Quincy Herald Whig
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:23:18 GMT

Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsAdvanced Alzheimer's care ...
Quincy Herald Whig
A Peoria native, McShane holds a bachelor of science in communication studies and in community health education from Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, and most recently worked with dementia patients at Riverview Healthcare Center.

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