Articles filed under Health
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Health plan deductibles are growing seven times as fast as wagesSep 27, 2015 7:32 am - WASHINGTON - As head of human resources for a Minnesota company with 1,600 employees that manufactures equipment for the mining industry, Scott Arndt saw the writing on ...
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The successful Internet shaming of 'pharma bro' Martin ShkreliSep 26, 2015 7:31 am - Online shaming is frequently in the news these days, typically for the very worst reasons: ruined lives, lost jobs, frothing mobs in a frenzy to steamroll the subject of...
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Proportion of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2014Sep 20, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — The proportion of Americans who lack health insurance fell markedly last year, according to new federal figures that provide the strongest evidence to date ...
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Unraveling how HealthCare.gov went so, so wrongSep 19, 2015 7:40 am - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general has issued a new report on what went wrong with the federal health insurance exchanges. Or rather, one t...
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Target to offer health-tracking Fitbits to 335,000 employeesSep 19, 2015 7:36 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Retail giant Target will offer activity trackers from Fitbit to its 335,000 U.S. employees, becoming the latest firm looking to the inexpensive wearable ...
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NCH stroke program earns awardSep 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare has received the 2015 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achieveme...
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The crazy reason it costs $14,000 to treat a snakebite with $14 medicineSep 13, 2015 7:34 am - Every once in awhile somebody will go and get themselves bitten by a venomous snake, and come home with an outrageous hospital bill that makes headlines. Nobody expects ...
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First West Nile case reported in DuPage CountySep 10, 2015 1:00 am - Daily Herald report A Carol Stream woman is the first person to be treated for West Nile virus this year in DuPage County, health department officials said Thursday. Th...
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Schaumburg business community focuses on counselingSep 08, 2015 1:00 am - Members of the Illinois Counseling Association Foundation spoke to the Schaumburg Business Association Tuesday about meeting the challenge of providing social programs f...
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Bone marrow donor drive in Hoffman EstatesSep 07, 2015 1:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates will be holding a Bone Marrow Donor Drive for several weeks in September. If you are between the ages of 18 and 55, in good general health...