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The Best Advice for Heart Failure Patients: Get Up and Move

August 18, 2016 Tagged with: cardiac health, Cardiology, Dr. Rami Doukky, exercise, heart failure, inactivity, sedentary

Everyday activities such as walking and climbing stairs can become very difficult for heart failure patients, but getting up and moving may be exactly what these patients need most. Dr. Rami Doukky, Chairman of Cardiology at the Cook County Health… [Read More]

Study Finds Improved Smoking Cessation Rates When Education Integrated with Routine Doctor Visits

August 9, 2016 Tagged with: Healthy Lungs Initiative, Illinois Tobacco Quitline, Quit Smoking, smoking cessation

Incorporating smoking cessation services into routine healthcare visits can have a positive impact on helping people quit smoking according to a new study by clinicians at the Cook County Health (CCH). The study, published online in the Journal of Community… [Read More]

CCH Reminds Parents to Schedule Back to School Physicals

August 5, 2016 Tagged with: children, Cottage Grove Health Center, Immunizations, Pediatrics, physicals, Robbins Health Center, school

The first day of school will be here before you know it. Pediatric and primary care providers at the Cook County Health are reminding Illinois parents that students entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade are required to undergo… [Read More]

Improving the Health of the Community One Celery Stalk at a Time

August 3, 2016 Tagged with: food insecurity, Greater Chicago Food Depository, hunger, Oak Forest Health Center

With her arms full of fresh fruits and vegetables, courtesy of the Greater Chicago Food Depository FRESH Truck, Carmelita Dorsey was eager to get to her Blue Island home to prepare a big healthy salad for lunch. Dorsey was just… [Read More]

CCH’ Three-Year Strategic Plan Approved by Board of Directors

July 29, 2016 Tagged with: Strategic Plan

The Cook County Health Board of Directors unanimously approved a three-year strategic plan to guide the health system’s activities and goals from 2017 through 2019. CCH began strategic planning processes earlier this year that included dozens of meetings, presentations and… [Read More]

Stay Safe at Lollapalooza: CCH Prepares for Influx of Patients During Summer Concert

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The Best Advice for Heart Failure Patients: Get Up and Move

Study Finds Improved Smoking Cessation Rates When Education Integrated with Routine Doctor Visits

CCH Reminds Parents to Schedule Back to School Physicals

Improving the Health of the Community One Celery Stalk at a Time

CCH’ Three-Year Strategic Plan Approved by Board of Directors

Stay Safe at Lollapalooza: CCH Prepares for Influx of Patients During Summer Concert

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