Articles filed under Health
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Romney’s plan for Medicare: Important details still in fluxSep 24, 2012 5:26 am - WASHINGTON — Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the bigges...
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Answers about Medicare from the Obama campaignSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — He’ll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you’ll pay higher premiums under...
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Studies more firmly tie sugary drinks to obesitySep 21, 2012 7:00 pm - New research powerfully strengthens the case against soda and other sugary drinks as culprits in the obesity epidemic. A huge, decades-long study involving more than 33...
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Texas hospital plans ‘moonshot’ against cancerSep 21, 2012 8:57 am - The nation’s largest cancer center is launching a massive “moonshot” effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploratio...
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Harper educating new nurses around the worldSep 21, 2012 7:53 am - A visitor came from halfway around the world this week to see the Simulation Hospital facility at Harper College. Linda Kronenberg came to Harper from the Netherlands, w...
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Procter & Gamble adds berry flavor to PrilosecSep 20, 2012 6:43 am - NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble is adding flavoring to a pill that you swallow — a first for the world’s largest consumer products maker. In the biggest change to heartburn ...
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Local hospitals oppose proposed surgical competitorSep 20, 2012 5:30 am - A surgeon who practices at Northwest Community Hospital wants to open a nearly $4 million outpatient center four miles from the main hospital in Arlington Heights, where...
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Premiums inching higher for popular Medicare plansSep 19, 2012 11:31 am - WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials say they have some good election-year news for seniors. Monthly premiums for popular Medicare Advantage insurance plans are r...
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Des Plaines hospital receives award for reducing infectionsSep 18, 2012 2:31 pm - Holy Family Medical Center, a long-term acute care hospital in Des Plaines, received the 2012 Delivering Quality with Distinction Award from the Illinois Hospital Associ...
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Group protests pediatrics organization’s stance on circumcisionSep 17, 2012 5:26 pm - A group of local protesters called on the American Academy of Pediatrics to retract a recent statement supportive of infant male circumcision in front of the group’s Elk...