Articles filed under Health

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  Elgin’s Sherman Auxiliary to host benefit gala March 3
  Feb 22, 2012 12:00 AM The 48th annual Sherman Hospital Auxiliary Benefit Gala, “Masquerade Ball,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, 1551 N. Thoreau Drive, Schaumburg. Proceeds from the event will support the auxiliary’s philanthropic efforts for Sherman Hospital.
  

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  Edward unveils state's first Ronald McDonald room
  Feb 21, 2012 12:00 AM Edward Hospital unveiled a nearly 2,000-square-foot facility for families with sick children Thursday — the first Ronald McDonald Family Room in Illinois. “Having a calm area where they can regroup is really essential,” Edward President and CEO Pam Davis said. “It helps them know that with the ups and downs there are other people who have been there.”
  

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  Counterfeit drugs becoming big business worldwide
  Feb 19, 2012 12:00 AM The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S. With more medicines and drug ingredients for sale in the U.S. being manufactured overseas, American authorities are afraid more counterfeits will find their way into this country.
  

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  Cable lets hospitals go high-tech with remote diagnosis
  Feb 18, 2012 12:00 AM As growth in TV customers slows cable companies are turning to hospitals for new revenue sources. More doctors are finding ways to use cable for remote dianoses for rural patients or those en route In order for The companies are ramping up sales staffs, trying to squeeze more money out of a network they used to use mainly for carrying TV signals. To do that, they need to loosen the grip phone companies such as AT&T and Verizon Communications have over health care customers.
  

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  Dairy warns of unpasteurized milk
  Feb 17, 2012 12:00 AM A Wisconsin dairy is warning customers not to drink some of its whole milk because it may not be properly pasteurized. Castle Rock Organic Dairy Plant of Osseo says the milk was sold in half-gallon and quart glass bottles. It has a sell-by date of Feb. 29 and dairy plant number of 55-1951 on the bottle. It is believed to have been distributed in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
  

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  Targeted Solutions Tool for wrong site surgery debuts
  Feb 15, 2012 12:00 AM A new weapon in the fight to reduce the incidence of wrong site surgery becomes available today.
  

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  Company executives sent to prison
  Feb 15, 2012 12:00 AM Two former executives of Canopy Financial Inc. have been sentenced to prison for swindling investors out of $75 million and illegally pocketing about $18 million from accounts that were supposed to pay the medical bills of individuals nationwide.
  

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  Tainted sprouts again linked to Jimmy John’s
  Feb 15, 2012 12:00 AM Sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John’s have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness — again. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 12 cases of E. coli poisoning in five states are linked to clover sprouts eaten at Jimmy John’s restaurants.
  

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  Hospira reports 4Q sales increased 2.2 percent
  Feb 14, 2012 12:00 AM Hospira, Inc. reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2011 were $1 billion, up 2.2 percent from the same period last year
  

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  Cadence Health launches affiliation for oncology services
  Feb 14, 2012 12:00 AM Cadence Health, the company created from the merger of Central DuPage Health System in Winfield and Delnor Community Health System in Geneva, said it will be affiliated with Cleveland Clinic for adult medical oncology services.
  

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  Hospira names new leaders for quality, plant operations
  Feb 14, 2012 12:00 AM Hospira Inc. announced a number of new appointments to its quality and plant operations, including the appointment of Zena G. Kaufman as senior vice president, quality, effective Feb. 27.
  

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  Feds require consumer-friendly health plan briefs
  Feb 12, 2012 12:00 AM The Obama administration says health plans must start providing more consumer-friendly summaries of coverage and costs so people will know what protection they have.
  

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  Atrial fibrillation cases on the rise
  Feb 11, 2012 12:00 AM About 2.2 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, according to WebMD.com. Dr. Mahmoud Sharaf, an interventional cardiologist with the Eau Claire Heart Institute, expects to see the prevalence of the condition increase as the population ages. Age is one risk factor for atrial fibrillation, physicians said. Others include heart disease, high blood pressure and family history.
  

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  Illinois to start Medicaid fraud checks without federal approval
  Feb 10, 2012 12:00 AM Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration will start combing records for Medicaid fraud despite not having the federal government’s approval. The Healthcare and Family Services Department told aides to President Barack Obama this week that the state has waited a year for the go-ahead and will not wait anymore.
  

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  Wheeling man gets 3 years in erectile pump case
  Feb 10, 2012 12:00 AM An Illinois man was sentenced Friday by a federal judge in Rhode Island to more than three years in prison for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients as part of a larger fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked $2.2 million from Medicare over four years.
  

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  Carpentersville gives boost to employees trying to stay healthy
  Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM Carpentersville is so serious about getting its employees fit that it is issuing reimbursements to those who get involved in wellness activities. On Tuesday, the village board approved $50 reimbursements for each of the 11 employees taking part in the village's “Biggest Loser" contest.
  

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  Kane County looks ready to support tax breaks for hospitals
  Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM A committee of Kane County Board members voted Wednesday to send a letter of support to state lawmakers in support of local not-for-profit hospitals keeping their tax exempt status. The letter is likely to get the support of the full county board, but it contrasts with a letter they sent to Springfield just three months ago that decried the maintenance of tax breaks for Sears.
  

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  Something ‘fishy’ about NWCH pediatrics unit
  Feb 6, 2012 12:00 AM A pair of suburban artists are donating their talents to make the Northwest Community Hospital pediatric emergency department a more cheerful place. The tropical fish created by muralists Sharon Lewert of Palatine and Lynn Ward of Arlington Heights, swim in circles around the nurses station and stop at each room.
  

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  Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
  Feb 6, 2012 12:00 AM Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.In the first national estimate of its kind, a report from government researchers says more than 1 in 5 high school students and middle schoolers ride in cars while others are smoking.
  

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  Rate of post-injury survival rises in Afghan war
  Feb 5, 2012 12:00 AM A recent report by the Congressional Research Service, “Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians,” sketches out the remarkable ability of military physicians and nurses to save the lives of grievously wounded troops. Last year, 415 American men and women died in Afghanistan, while 5,159 were wounded and survived. That ratio — 12.4 survivors for every fatality — marked a record high over the past decade.