Articles filed under Health
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Editorial: Kirk, other Willis climbers inspire us allNov 12, 2012 4:00 am - He may not have climbed all 103 floors of the Willis Tower in 13 minutes, as one man did. He may have climbed only the top 37 floors. But it was no less thrilling to see...
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5 questions to ask about Medicare Advantage plansNov 11, 2012 6:42 am - Time is running short for Medicare Advantage customers who still need to sort through the smorgasbord of coverage options available for next year. The annual open enroll...
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Aging drivers present new transportation challengeNov 11, 2012 5:27 am - WASHINGTON — Baby boomers, that giant population bubble born between 1946 and 1964, started driving at a young age and became more mobile than any generation before or s...
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India wages hi-tech war on ancient TB scourgeNov 11, 2012 5:15 am - NEW DELHI — Shammo Khan walks into a dusty courtyard that reeks of garbage, searching for the fingerprint of a man exhausted by HIV, drug withdrawal and the tuberculosis...
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55,455 Britax car seats recalledNov 09, 2012 5:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The government is alerting consumers to a safety recall announced by Britax Child Safety Inc., involving 55,455 convertible car seats sold in the United Sta...
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States get extra month for health exchange blueprintsNov 09, 2012 3:59 pm - U.S. states were given one additional month to Dec. 14 to submit their plans for new health insurance marketplaces to the federal government, the Obama administration sa...
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Illinois selects 8 managed care companiesNov 09, 2012 3:48 pm - Eight managed care companies have been selected to coordinate the health care of an estimated 136,000 high-cost Illinois patients who are eligible for both Medicare and ...
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States await federal response to pot measureNov 09, 2012 3:07 pm - DENVER — Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by Colorado and...
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South Barrington facility for memory-loss patients approvedNov 09, 2012 9:45 am - South Barrington trustees Thursday gave conditional approval to the annexation of land and construction of an assisted living facility for people suffering from permanen...
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Illinois hospital tax break costs $10 millionNov 08, 2012 3:00 pm - A little-noticed tax break for investor-owned hospitals that was tucked into a deal last spring aimed at saving the Illinois Medicaid program from collapse will cost the...