Articles filed under Health
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Doctor-law student partnership to help poor is thriving in AuroraOct 02, 2015 5:00 am - With a bum knee and a bad back, Michael Ferrell can't work. He also got into drugs and alcohol, lost his home and ended up at an Aurora homeless shelter. The 60-year-old...
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Lake Forest Hospital receives highest nursing honorOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital attained Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the hospital's commitment to high-qu...
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Psoria-Shield begins shipments of flagship productOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Wellness Center USA has commenced shipments of its flagship product, Psoria-Light, to key areas in the United States. Psoria-Light has been shipped to New Y...
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DuPage Medical Group acquires Meridian Medical AssociatesOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - DuPage Medical Group has completed the acquisition of Meridian Medical Associates S.C. & Midwest Hospitalists, LLC. DMG announced plans to acquire Merid...
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U-46 high schools go pink for breast cancer awarenessOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Larkin and South Elgin high schools are going pink this month to raise awareness about breast cancer. Events are planned throughout this month for Breast Cancer Awarenes...
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Third Affordable Care Act sign-up period to focus on 10.5 million uninsured AmericansSep 27, 2015 7:42 am - WASHINGTON - As a third open enrollment season nears under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration plans to focus on 10.5 million uninsured Americans, trying t...
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The one thing you need to know about Clinton's war on high drug pricesSep 27, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON - It's almost an afterthought, but the last two bullet points dangling at the end of Hillary Rodham Clinton's manifesto against high drug prices are its linch...
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Drug's pricing proves a defining moment in modern health careSep 27, 2015 7:34 am - Martin Shkreli is health care's Gordon Gekko, its wolf of Wall Street, the symbol of all that makes people uneasy about an industry that seeks to make money by selling t...
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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...