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First Photo Of Senator Mark Kirk After Stroke Released

CHICAGO (CBS) — Sen. Mark Kirk’s staff has released the first photo of the senator since he suffered a stroke in January. The photo shows the senator sitting at a desk. His right arm is resting on the...

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Sen. Kirk Released From Rehab Institute

UPDATED 05/03/12 1:32 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Nearly four months after suffering a stroke, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) has been released from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and is now back at...

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Kirk Releases Video Describing Rehab From Stroke

Updated 05/08/12 – 8:09 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Less than a week after he was released from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, following his stroke earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)...

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Sen. Kirk Releases Latest Photo During Stroke Recovery

CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is making big strides in his recovery. The freshman senator, who had a stroke in January, says he’s walking a lot and even climbing stairs. His office released a...

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Senator Kirk Releases New Video About Rehab From Stroke

CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s office has released a new video showing parts of his continuing recovery from a major stroke in January. In a three-minute video on his Senate website, Kirk is...

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Kirk Sends Video Message To Colleagues At GOP Convention

CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) was unable to attend this year’s Republican National Convention in Tampa, but he was still able to make an appearance in a video greeting for his GOP...

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Ditka Has ‘Minor’ Stroke

(CBS) — Legendary former Bears coach Mike Ditka suffered what apparently was a minor stroke Friday. Ditka, 73, was listed in good condition at Northshore University Healthsystem Highland Park Hospital,...

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Ditka: ‘I’m Doing Fine’ After Minor Stroke

Updated: 11/18/2012 at 12:04 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka was discharged from the hospital Sunday morning. Ditka was at a north suburban hospital on Saturday after he...

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Senator Kirk Going Back To Work In D.C. Next Month

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a major stroke a year ago that required months of intense physical and speech rehabilitation, will return to work in Washington on Jan. 3, aides...

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Sen. Kirk Pays First Visit To Office Since Stroke

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has briefly returned to his Senate office for the first time since suffering a stroke last January. His office says the Illinois Republican spent about a...

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Sen. Mark Kirk To Return To Capitol Hill A Year After Stroke

CHICAGO (AP) – Nearly a year after a stroke left him barely able to move the left side of his body, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is expected to climb the 45 steps to the Senate’s front door this week — a walk...

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk Returns To Work This Week

CHICAGO (CBS) — It has been nearly a year since U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk suffered a major stroke. This week, Kirk will finally head back to the Senate, and get back to work. As CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports,...

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Senator Kirk: ‘Stroke Was A Gift From God’

Updated 01/02/13 – 8:02 p.m. WASHINGTON (CBS) – A day before he returns to Congress, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said the stroke he suffered last January “was a gift from God,” because of the people he’s met...

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Kirk Climbs Capitol Steps, Returns To Congress A Year After Stroke

Illinois Senator Mark Kirk (center) waves as he is welcomed by Vice President Joe Biden (left) and colleagues, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (right) and Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (far right) on...

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Kirk Says Progress Continues As He Discusses Stroke Rehab With Students

CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has reached another milestone in his recovery from a major stroke last year. On Friday, the Republican lawmaker made a symbolic return to his former Congressional...

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State Reverses Decision To Pull Home Nurse From Young Stroke Patient

(CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn has ordered a 180-degree turn following a CBS 2 report on the plight of a young medical patient. Twenty-year-old Patrick Stein nearly died after a massive stroke on homecoming...

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Sen. Kirk Outlines Goal To Get Stroke Victims Back To Work

CHICAGO (CBS) – Senator Mark Kirk was in Chicago Sunday to outline what he calls his “stroke agenda” before climbing a stairway at the Willis Tower as part of a fundraiser for the Rehabilitation...

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Two Years After Stroke, Sen. Kirk Making Strides

(CBS) – It’s been just over 2 years since a stroke nearly took Mark Kirk’s life and a year since his return to Washington. Only now is Kirk really hitting his stride. Not physically – not yet, anyway....

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Kirk Promotes Stroke Research Funding, Treatments

CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk on Wednesday called for more funding for research to decrease the risk of strokes and to treat those who have them. The Republican from Highland Park, who suffered a...

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Doctos Warn Too Many People Dying From Preventable Strokes

(CBS) – The number of people dying from strokes in Illinois has been dropping but health officials say the numbers should be much better. Dr. Kerri Remmel is a stroke specialist and says there are...

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FAQ: Recovering From A Stroke

If you or someone you love has had a stroke, the word “hope” may not be the first thing that comes to mind. While challenging, stroke recovery is possible. Work and commitment will be necessary, but if...

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How To Recognize A Stroke

Strokes typically occur without prior warning and are earmarked by the sudden occurrence of one or more symptoms. Understandably, the onset of a stroke can be very frightening, but staying calm and...

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How Strokes Differ For Men And Women

If you think only men have strokes, think again. The fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., stroke is an equal opportunity employer, able to strike both sexes with astonishing ferocity. Strokes are...

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10 Foods To Help Prevent A Stroke

For those concerned about stroke, it may be all about the fiber. Eight cohort studies recently reported in the Journal Stroke a strong and substantial link between a high fiber diet and the...

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Healthy Changes To Make When Recovering From A Stroke

While it’s unlikely you’ll come to think of a stroke as the best thing that ever happened to you, surviving a stroke can, in fact, provide a life-altering wake-up call. Healthy changes you make...

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Oak Forest Woman Loses Son, But Gains Life

http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150528193720223AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — An Oak Forest woman was given the gift of new life, but it came with a tragic price. Rose Perry’s 24-year-old son,...

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Former Speaker Hastert Hospitalized After Stroke

CHICAGO (CBS) — Facing up to 5 years in prison in a hush money case, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been hospitalized the past six weeks after suffering a stroke. “I am confirming that...

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Hastert Sentencing Postponed; Attorney Says Former Speaker Nearly Died

CHICAGO (CBS) — A federal judge has agreed to delay sentencing for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert in his hush-money case, after the Illinois Republican’s attorneys revealed he nearly died in...

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Rush University Medical Center Unveils Specialized Stroke Ambulance

CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago area is moving to the cutting edge in the fight against the number one cause of disability in the United States: stroke. Rush University Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr....

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CPD Officer Saved During Stroke By 7-Year-Old Son’s 911 Call

CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago Police officer in the middle of her morning routine last month suffered a stroke, but her 7-year-old son realized something was wrong and called for help, saving his mother’s...

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Cop’s 7-Year-Old Son Saves Her Life, Calls 911 When She Suffers Stroke

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 7-year-old boy was being credited with saving his police officer mother’s life, after she suffered a stroke at home two months ago. Sherece Holland, 55, was helping her son, Romeo,...

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Bacon, Soda & Too Few Nuts Tied To Big Portion Of US Deaths

CHICAGO (AP) — Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes. Overeating or not eating enough of the 10...

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Jazz Musicians Rally Behind Saxophonist Diane Ellis A Year After Stroke

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago’s jazz community was rallying to support one of its own; a beloved saxophonist and educator who suffered a stroke last year, leaving her partially paralyzed. Diane Ellis has...

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Teachers Union President Karen Lewis Suffers ‘Small And Annoying Stroke’

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis suffered a stroke last week, in the same area of the brain where she had a tumor removed in 2014. In a post on Facebook, Lewis said she “had...

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3-Year-Old Saves Dad By Facetiming Mom While He Has A Stroke

(CBS) — When mother and nurse Devon McCabe was at work one day, she received a terrifying and heart-wrenching call from her 3-year-old daughter, Molly. It turned out her husband had suffered a stroke,...

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Researchers Create Heart Attack Prediction Tool

DALLAS, Texas (CBS Local) – Will you have a heart attack within the next ten years? Medical researchers affiliated with Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center have unveiled a web page designed to...

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John Singleton, Director Of ‘Boyz N The Hood’ Hospitalized With Stroke

(AP) — “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton suffered a stroke last week and remains hospitalized, according to his family. Additional details, including his condition, were not immediately...

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John Singleton Of ‘Boys N the Hood’ In Coma After Stroke

(AP) — “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton is in a coma at a Los Angeles hospital eight days after suffering a major stroke, court papers filed Thursday showed. The 51-year-old director’s...

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Patrick Stein, Young Stroke Victim, Needs A Home Nurse, But Blue Cross Blue...

CHICAGO (CBS) — He’s been fighting to stay alive for nearly a decade, but after years of intensive nursing care, Patrick Stein’s insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, is taking it all...

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Stroke Survivor Jack Donohue Dances His Way To Recovery; ‘We Started Out With...

CHICAGO (CBS) — How about some Monday motivation? The Morning Insiders bring you the story of a senior who got knocked down, but he got up again; all thanks to the quick thinking of his daughter. CBS...

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