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  • Federal health regulators are deciding whether triclosan, the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of anti-bacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the U.S. is harmful. The ruling, which will determine whether triclosan continues to be used in household cleaners, could have broader implications for a $1 billion industry that includes hundreds of anti-bacterial products from toothpaste to toys.

    Decade-old question: Is anti-bacterial soap safe? May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
    It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet. But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan — the germ-killing ingredient — is ineffective, or worse, harmful.

     
  • This undated image made available by Teva Women’s Health shows the packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, one of the brands known as the “morning-after pill.” The Obama administration’s decision to appeal a court order lifting age limits on purchasers of the morning-after pill set off a storm of criticism from reproductive rights groups, who denounced it as politically motivated and a step backward for women’s health.

    Women’s groups decry appeal on morning-after pill May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Obama administration's decision to appeal a court order lifting age limits on purchasers of the morning-after pill set off a storm of criticism from reproductive rights groups, who denounced it as politically motivated and a step backward for women's health.

     

  • 440 pounds of unwanted medication collected May 2, 2013 12:00 AM

     

  • Palatine pharmaceutical company sues over generic drug plans May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    Palatine-based Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc., whose technology helps deter drug abuse, sued Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., India's largest drugmaker, over its plan to market a generic version of the painkiller Oxecta.

     

  • Very few insurance carriers apply with state May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    Only six insurance carriers have told the state of Illinois they want to sell a combined 165 health policies on the state's online insurance marketplace under the nation's new health care law — numbers far lower than expected, raising concerns the trend will hold true across the country.

     

  • Mundelein’s Medline recognized for ‘green’ health care Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    Practice Greenhealth awarded Medline Industries the 2012 Practice Greenhealth Champion for Change Award for outstanding contributions to environmentally responsible health care.

     
  • Alert Energy Gum, includes as much caffeine as a half a cup of coffee in one piece and promises “the right energy, right now.”

    FDA will evaluate added caffeine in foods Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it will investigate the safety of added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents. The agency made the announcement just as Wrigley was rolling out Alert Energy Gum, a new product that includes as much caffeine as a half a cup of coffee in one piece and promises "the right energy, right now."

     
  • Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner also is overseeing the rollout of the health care law

    Obama administration simplifies health care form Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    The first draft was as mind-numbing as a tax form. Tuesday the Obama administration unveiled simplified application forms for health insurance benefits coming next year under the federal health care overhaul. The biggest change: a five-page short form that single people can fill out.

     
  • Cardinal Francis George stops and chats with Shereena Cheeran of Elgin and her newborn, Norelle. George blessed the staff, patients and families of the new Alexian Brothers Women and Children's Hospital in Hoffman Estates on Monday.

    Images: Cardinal George visits Alexian Brothers Apr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
    Some of the smallest patients at Alexian Brothers Health Center in Hoffman Estates had a special visitor Monday. Cardinal Francis George spent the afternoon walking the halls of the new Women and Children's Hospital, sprinkling holy water on the doors of those in intensive care, blessing the doctors and nurses and personally praying with many families, including women in labor, premature babies and sick children.

     
  • Cardinal Francis George stops and chats with Shereena Cheeran of Elgin and her newborn, Norelle. George blessed the staff, patients and families of the new Alexian Brothers Women & Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates on Monday.

    Cardinal blesses babies, families at new hospitalApr 29, 2013 12:00 AM
    Some of the smallest patients at Alexian Brothers Health Center in Hoffman Estates had a special visitor Monday. Cardinal Francis George spent the afternoon walking the halls of the new Women & Children's Hospital, sprinkling holy water on the doors of those in intensive care, blessing the doctors and nurses and personally praying with many families, including women in labor and sick children.

     

  • Anesthesiologists break ground on Schaumburg HQ Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
    The American Society of Anesthesiologists will break ground on their new headquarters building at 1061 American Lane in Schaumburg at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27.

     

  • Schaumburg Township hosts mental health fair Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Schaumburg Township Mental Health Committee will host a Mental Health Fair from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 at the Schaumburg Township Activity Center, 1 Illinois Blvd. in Hoffman Estates. Free health screenings will be available.

     
  • Andrea Vassel of Mary Washington Healthcare explains the benefits of an advance directive at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., as part of National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16. A poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found people 40 and older underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older, and aren’t doing enough to prepare.

    Poll: Aging US in denial about long-term care need Apr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
    We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning.

     
  • Gil Kerlikowske, U.S. director of Office of National Drug Control Policy, is scheduled to release Obama’s 2013 blueprint for drug policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore Wednesday April 24, 2013.

    Nation’s drug czar to outline policy reform Apr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
    President Barack Obama's new strategy for fighting the nation's drug problem will include a greater emphasis on using public health tools to battle addiction and diverting non-violent drug offenders into treatment instead of prisons, under reforms scheduled to be outlined by the nation's drug czar Wednesday.

     

  • State’s bill backlog could grow if Medicaid expands Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
    An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could increase Illinois' existing backlog of overdue bills and result in even longer payment delays to the state's service providers, according to a health care expert.

     

  • Florida company recalls sterile drugs Apr 21, 2013 12:00 AM
    Florida-based Balanced Solutions Compounding Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expired drug products sold nationwide over concerns the products are not sterile and may contain bacteria, Food and Drug Administration officials said Sunday.

     

  • Another doctor linked to Sacred Heart Hospital charged Apr 18, 2013 12:00 AM
    Another physician has been arrested in an ongoing investigation of Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital, prosecutors announced Thursday, days after initial arrests of its owner, another executive and four doctors. None of the physicians arrested — including the latest, Kenneth Nave — is linked to the most unsettling allegation to emerge: that unnecessary tracheotomies may have been performed to boost revenues.

     

  • Abbott gets FDA approval for lens to treat cataract patients Apr 18, 2013 12:00 AM

     

  • Doctors, hospital executives accused of kickback schemeApr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
    At least two doctors at a Chicago hospital endangered patients by intentionally over-sedating them and performing unnecessary tracheotomies in a bid to boost profits, a graphic and wide-ranging complaint released by federal prosecutors Tuesday alleges.

     

  • Hospira names operations executive Apr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc. has named Matthew R. (Matt) Stober senior vice president, Operations. In addition to expanding his current U.S. responsibilities to assume leadership for all of Hospira's pharmaceutical manufacturing operations,

     
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