Articles filed under Health
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Historic coverage expansion to test promise of health planJan 01, 2014 5:00 am - Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — After three months of turmoil surrounding the rollout of President Obama's health care plan, the country faces a historic turning point on Ja...
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Obama’s tarnished health care law at a crossroadsDec 31, 2013 12:47 pm - WASHINGTON — All things good, bad and unpredictable converge Jan. 1 for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul as the law’s major benefits take effect, along with...
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Is creativity destined to fade with age?Dec 31, 2013 5:00 am - Doris Lessing, the freewheeling Nobel Prize-winning writer on racism, colonialism, feminism and communism who died recently at age 94, was prolific for most of her life....
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Thousands in suburbs now have health insurance, but some decide to waitDec 31, 2013 4:00 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the $10,000 is the total deductible, not a After two stressful years without health insurance, Arlington Heig...
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The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind SloveniaDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than people in other countries. Not anymore: A new report out from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve...
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Organico Vitamins growing strong in NapervilleDec 30, 2013 4:30 am - An interview with Ahmad Khan, owner of Organico Vitamins in Naperville. Q: Describe your business. A: Organico Vitamins is a result of my vision to have a central place ...
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For health care, lessons from a start-up successDec 29, 2013 6:00 am - Morris Panner’s life has many interesting parts to it. Graduating from Yale and then snagging a Harvard law degree. Hunting Colombian drug lords as a federal prosecutor....
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Is the human bowel a growth opportunity?Dec 29, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — Corey Goodman sees financial opportunity in strange places, specifically the human bowel. In 2010 the former president of Pfizer’s innovation center founded ...
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Juicing: A silly and dangerous fad?Dec 29, 2013 4:45 am - Remember when juice was just juice? It has become so much more. A verb, for one thing, and, as The Wall Street Journal reports (what you already know), a status symbol. ...
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Circle these dates: Health law’s key tests in 2014Dec 29, 2013 4:04 am - WASHINGTON — The new year brings the big test of President Barack Obama’s beleaguered health care law: Will it work? The heart of the law springs to life Wednesday, afte...