Articles filed under Health
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Hospira reappoints chief scientific officerMay 15, 2013 9:24 am - Lake Folrest’s Hospira, Inc. has reappointed Sumant Ramachandra, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president and chief scientific officer, effective May 17. Ramachandra returns t...
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Advocate recognized as ‘Great Place to Work’May 15, 2013 9:21 am - For the fourth consecutive year, Oak Brook-based Advocate Health Care is being recognized as a “100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review and B...
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SNAP wants ex-priest fired from Des Plaines facilityMay 15, 2013 12:15 am - A victims' advocacy group is calling for an ex-priest accused of sexual misconduct to be removed from his job at Des Plaines health facility where he counsels people str...
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Women have new options for breast cancer surgeryMay 14, 2013 9:51 am - Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramaticall...
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Good Shepherd Breast Center wins accreditationMay 13, 2013 3:31 pm - The Breast Center at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Barrington has earned a full, three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Cente...
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Skypoint Medical Center grows in SchaumburgMay 13, 2013 5:30 am - An interview with Dr. Sameer M. Naseeruddin, owner of Skypoint Medical Center in Schaumburg. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: My primary focus is vein car...
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Experts: CO2 record illustrates ‘scary’ trendMay 11, 2013 6:21 pm - WASHINGTON — The old saying that “what goes up must come down” doesn’t apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief gre...
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U.S. spending on medicine dips in 2012May 09, 2013 7:11 pm - TRENTON, N.J. — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on...
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Big ad agencies bid on Illinois health outreachMay 08, 2013 5:15 pm - Some of the largest ad agencies in the nation are competing for a multimillion dollar contract with the state of Illinois to promote a feature of the national health ove...
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Takeda to acquire Inviragen for $250 millionMay 08, 2013 10:14 am - Deerfield-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said its U.S. subsidiary, Takeda America Holdings, Inc., awill acquire biopharmaceutical company Inviragen for an estimated tot...