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2026
February
23,
2026
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08:44 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children’s Medical Center – Prosper has opened its Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), allowing children experiencing seizures to receive integrated care closer to their homes and communities. The unit is similar to the EMU at the Jane and John …
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2020
January
09,
2020
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09:37 AM
America/Chicago
“I went to the hospital on a warm summer day with fear in my heart, I felt some dismay. The registrar said, with a smile on her face, ‘Let me show you your room, it’s a very nice place.’”
For most of her 20 years, …
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2018
February
05,
2018
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14:46 PM
America/Chicago
What would you do to save your child? Would you travel across the world? Would you leave your family behind? Sell everything you own? Give the shirt off your back?
Diego and Tatiana Alvarez did all those things to help their son Mirko in his …
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2016
March
14,
2016
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11:37 AM
America/Chicago
“What about the use of medical marijuana?”
Not a day goes by that Scott Perry, M.D., doesn’t hear that question from parents desperate to help their child. Dr. Perry says he probably discusses the pros and cons of marijuana use …
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