Articles filed under Health
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What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costsDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and want your money's worth: full benefits after you retire. Nearly three out of five people say in a recent A...
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Local skin-lightening products might contain mercuryDec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois officials are warning retailers to check skin-lightening lotions and creams closely because they might contain mercury. The Environmental Protect...
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CDH, Delnor hope everybody wins in mergerDec 24, 2010 10:00 pm - About two years ago, Delnor Hospital officials began exploring ways to respond to unprecedented change in the health care industry. Eventually, the Geneva-based hospital...
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Arlington Hts. firefighters feed the holiday spiritDec 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Amanda Schauer and her fiance will be busy making the holiday rounds this weekend at family parties in Schaumburg, Buffalo Grove, St. Charles, McHenry and near DeKalb. ...
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Northwest Community Hospital 'visionary' diesDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - One of the longest-serving board members of Northwest Community Hospital, who helped shaped the campus during its years of greatest expansion, has died. Robert DiVall se...
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Judge strikes down federal health care lawDec 12, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul hit its first major legal roadblock Monday, thrown into doubt by a federal judge's declaration that t...
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Good Shepherd holds lectures in BarringtonDec 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington has announced its winter lecture series. Experts will discuss women's health issues on Tuesday, Jan. 18; cardiac risk facto...
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Prohibit these drinks once and for allDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - In a popular carnival game, the object is to pound down “moles” that pop up from holes in a platform. No matter how fast a player is with the mallet, the plastic figures...
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Pfizer CEO Kindler steps down unexpectedlyDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Jeffrey B. Kindler, Pfizer Inc.'s CEO and chairman, stepped down unexpectedly Sunday after 4½ years leading the world's biggest drugmaker, saying he needs to "recharge h...
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Walgreens reports November sales increaseDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens reported that sales at stores open a least a year increased 3.2 percent in November. The effect of calendar day shifts positively impacted tot...