Articles filed under Health
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Will your premiums go up with fewer insurance companies?Jul 12, 2015 7:35 am - The $37 billion megamerger announced this past weekend between two of the country's biggest health insurance companies, Aetna and Humana, is just one of several deals ex...
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Affordable Care Act has saved women more than $1 billion on birth controlJul 12, 2015 7:34 am - WASHINGTON - American women are spending much less money on birth control since the Affordable Care Act started requiring insurance plans to cover contraception, accordi...
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Did you buy a fitness tracker and abandon it? You're not aloneJul 11, 2015 7:32 am - NEW YORK - Deepak Jayasimha's fitness tracker is now with his father-in-law in India, where it sits unused. Annabel Kelly foisted hers off on the kids. Virginia Atkinson...
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$1,000-per-pill hepatitus drug overtaken by pricier successorJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The $1,000 pill for a liver-wasting viral infection that made headlines last year is no longer the favorite of patients and doctors. The new leading pill fo...
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Roskam plan to develop antibiotics to fight 'superbugs' moves in CongressJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - A plan from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam intended to spur development for new antibiotics to fight so-called superbugs is advancing in Congress. The U.S. House approved a prop...
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Walgreens Boots makes Pessina permanent CEO; job cuts continueJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has named Stefano Pessina as CEO, making permanent a role the executive has filled since the largest drugstore chains in th...
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LaunchPoint gets 2nd American Heart Association Fit-Friendly Worksite AwardJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - ITASCA - LaunchPoint, a provider of cloud-based software, solutions and services for health care organizations, has been recognized as a Gold-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite...
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MinuteClinic opens inside CVS in LindenhurstJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND - MinuteClinic, a provider of retail medical clinics in the United States, has opened a new walk-in clinic inside the CVS store in Lindenhurst a...
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Programs alleviate prescription, health services costsJul 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Lake County has launched three new programs to help county residents better manage the cost of prescription medications and health and dental services. As a member of t...
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Hospital system touts year's worth of achievementsJul 05, 2015 1:00 am - The Cook County Health & Hospitals System has released "CCHHS: A Year in Review," summarizing achievements in the past 12 months. Highlights include: CountyCare, a perma...