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Women: Be Kind to Your Heart

Women and men with parents or siblings with heart disease are more likely to develop heart disease themselves. #heartdisease

Amazon Pharmacy Introduces RxPass: Unlimited Prescription Medications for Only $5 a Month, Delivered Free to your Door—Available Exclusively for Prime Members

“Prime members already get fast, free delivery on prescription medications, and RxPass is one more way to save with Amazon Pharmacy. #rxpass

UChicago Medicine to Begin Offering Urgent Care in Homewood

The Homewood urgent care clinic will offer care for everything from headaches, nausea, and upper respiratory infections to sprains and fractures. It will also offer point-of-care lab testing. #uchicago #urgentcare

After Losing Both Ovaries, Breast Cancer Survivor Gives Birth to Identical Twins on Her Two-year Cancer-free Anniversary

“Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy, and losing both ovaries, Shelly’s dream of having three children came true,” said Dr. Goldman. #breastcancer

Rep. Moeller, Colleagues Promote Cervical Health Awareness Month in Illinois for January

Cervical cancer affects 13,000 American women year, often in the prime of their lives, and 4,000 of them die. #cervicalcancer

Bill Contains Legal Protections for Providers, Out-of-State Patients

Insurance plans regulated by the state would be required to cover abortion medications typically used up to about 10 weeks of pregnancy, in addition to gender-affirming medications like hormones... #abortion

Attorney General Raoul Announces $10.7 Billion Settlement with Walgreens and CVS Over Opioid Epidemic Allegations

Once the settlement goes into effect, funds to Illinois will be allocated according to the Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement that Raoul previously reached with state’s attorneys. #opioids

Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Swimming Skills Found Across Generations

Black children ages 10-14 years old drown in swimming pools at rates over seven times higher than white children, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). #swimming

Advancing Lung Cancer Diagnosis With Robotics

Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital is now offering robotic-assisted bronchoscopy to enable earlier and more accurate diagnosis of lung cancer. #lungcancer

Free Head and Neck Cancer Screening December 7 at Northwestern Medicine Orland Park

Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide with approximately 68,000 cases diagnosed per year in the United States... #cancerscreening

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