Health Care
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Northwestern Medicine plans $2.5M cardiovascular expansion at CDH, DelnorFeb 14, 2017 8:00 am - Northwestern Medicine plans to use $2.5 million in gifts to expand cardiovascular services at its hospitals in Winfield, Geneva and DeKalb. Northwestern Medicin...
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Marathon delays introduction of Duchenne drug after price outcryFeb 14, 2017 12:00 am - Marathon Pharmaceuticals will delay the introduction of its $89,000 drug for a deadly muscle disease after patients, families and lawmakers raised questions about price ...
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FDA OKs marketing of Centric Medical implant systemFeb 14, 2017 12:00 am - HUNTLEY - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Centric Medical 510(k) marketing clearance to the Metatarsal Hemi Implant System. The Metatarsal Hemi Imp...
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Silver Cross Hospital receives three Women's Choice awardsFeb 13, 2017 12:00 am - NEW LENOX - Silver Cross Hospital recently received three 2017 recognitions from the Women's Choice Award, for America's Best Bariatric Surgery, America's Best Obstetric...
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REST celebrates fourth anniversaryFeb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - Since launching the REST (Respite Education & Support Tools) program in February 2013, a growing number of caregivers across the nation are receiving respite care, or sh...
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An old drug gets a new price, $89,000 per year, to fight a rare disease
Feb 10, 2017 12:00 am - An old steroid treatment, long available outside the U.S., received approval this week for a rare disease that afflicts about 15,000 Americans. Though not previously app...
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FDA gives approval to Marathon's EmflazaFeb 10, 2017 12:00 am - NORTHBROOK — Marathon Pharmaceuticals, a research-based biopharmaceutical company focused solely on the development of new treatments for rare diseases, said the U.S. Fo...
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Advocate Good Samaritan hosts heart fair, open houseFeb 09, 2017 12:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital will host a free community heart fair and tours of the new private patient bed tower from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 18. The We...
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Baxter names new board memberFeb 08, 2017 12:00 am - DEERFIELD - Baxter International has appointed Stephen (Steve) N. Oesterle, M.D., to its board of directors, bringing the total number serving the company to 12. Oester...
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Young adults with autism need a futureFeb 06, 2017 4:00 am - As a parent of a young adult with autism and an intellectual disability, we don't deal with alternative facts on a daily basis. Unlike the President and our current gove...