Articles filed under Health
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Poll: Aging US in denial about long-term care needApr 24, 2013 9:04 am - WASHINGTON — 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 exami...
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State’s bill backlog could grow if Medicaid expandsApr 22, 2013 4:09 pm - SPRINGFIELD — An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul could increase Illinois’ existing backlog of overdue bills and result in even ...
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Florida company recalls sterile drugsApr 21, 2013 12:25 pm - LAKE MARY, Fla. — A Florida-based compounding pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expired drug products sold nationwide over concerns the produ...
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Another doctor linked to Sacred Heart Hospital chargedApr 18, 2013 4:06 pm - Another physician has been arrested in an ongoing investigation of Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital, prosecutors announced Thursday, days after initial arrests of its own...
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Abbott gets FDA approval for lens to treat cataract patientsApr 18, 2013 1:02 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP — Abbott Laboratories said its Tecnis Toric 1-Piece intraocular lens has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and is launching...
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Doctors, hospital executives accused of kickback schemeApr 16, 2013 5:41 pm - 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 ...
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Hospira names operations executiveApr 16, 2013 9:25 am - PRNewswire Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc. has named Matthew R. (Matt) Stober senior vice president, Operations. In addition to expanding his current U.S. responsibilitie...
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Centegra trying to block Sherman-Advocate mergerApr 15, 2013 4:50 pm - An ongoing health care battle that has pitted Centegra Health System against Sherman Health and Advocate Health Care in the past opened a new front Monday morning at pub...
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Former chemistry teacher, coach celebrates 25 years in orthodonticsApr 14, 2013 11:00 pm - An interview with Dr. Patrick Foley, owner of Foley Orthodontics in Lake Zurich. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We provide orthodontic treatment (braces)...
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Law could backfire for thousands on MedicaidApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — At a time when most states are preparing to expand their Medicaid programs in line with the new health care law, tens of thousands of people in states with ...