Articles filed under Health
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Good Shepherd offers seminar on advance care planningApr 02, 2013 3:26 pm - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s Office for Mission and Spiritual Care will present “Supporting Each Other with Advance Care Planning” in the hospital’s Lakeview/Prairi...
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Can mass marketing heal the splits on ‘Obamacare’?Apr 01, 2013 6:46 am - WASHINGTON — How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal ...
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Analysis of Obama’s campaign promises on health careMar 31, 2013 7:18 am - Associated Press Editor’s note: One in a series examining President Barack Obama’s campaign promises and what he is doing, or not doing, to keep them. The issue: He...
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Small business squabbles over paid sick time lawsMar 31, 2013 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Two months after a severe flu season forced millions of workers to stay home, paid sick time is becoming an issue for many small business owners. City counci...
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Washington, Colorado bars test limits of legal pot lawsMar 31, 2013 7:00 am - TACOMA, Wash. — John Connelly leaned forward on his barstool, set his lips against a clear glass pipe and inhaled a white cloud of marijuana vapor. A handful of people m...
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24 E. coli illnesses linked to frozen foodsMar 29, 2013 7:00 pm - NEW YORK — Health officials say at least 24 people have become sick from an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to frozen snack foods marketed to children. No one has ...
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UPS pays $40 million to end online pharmacies probeMar 29, 2013 4:25 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping company UPS agreed Friday to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to deliveries it made for illicit online pharmacies. The ...
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Oklahoma dental clinic, a ‘menace’ to public healthMar 29, 2013 11:13 am - TULSA, Okla. — The crisp, stucco exterior of an Oklahoma dental clinic concealed what health inspectors say they found inside: rusty instruments used on patients with in...
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FDA gives approval to Abbott birth defect, cancer testMar 28, 2013 12:52 pm - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given its approval to Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories Architect AFP test, which may help doctors detect serious...
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Health World Engages Fifth Graders at Gary Elementary with Nutrition EducationMar 27, 2013 11:00 pm - The entire 5th grade of Gary Elementary was involved in nutrition education programs that taught them about portion sizes and reading food labels, and peer and media inf...