Articles filed under Health
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Thousands in suburbs now have health insurance, but some decide to waitDec 31, 2013 4:00 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the $10,000 is the total deductible, not a After two stressful years without health insurance, Arlington Heig...
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The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind SloveniaDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than people in other countries. Not anymore: A new report out from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve...
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Organico Vitamins growing strong in NapervilleDec 30, 2013 4:30 am - An interview with Ahmad Khan, owner of Organico Vitamins in Naperville. Q: Describe your business. A: Organico Vitamins is a result of my vision to have a central place ...
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For health care, lessons from a start-up successDec 29, 2013 6:00 am - Morris Panner’s life has many interesting parts to it. Graduating from Yale and then snagging a Harvard law degree. Hunting Colombian drug lords as a federal prosecutor....
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Is the human bowel a growth opportunity?Dec 29, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — Corey Goodman sees financial opportunity in strange places, specifically the human bowel. In 2010 the former president of Pfizer’s innovation center founded ...
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Juicing: A silly and dangerous fad?Dec 29, 2013 4:45 am - Remember when juice was just juice? It has become so much more. A verb, for one thing, and, as The Wall Street Journal reports (what you already know), a status symbol. ...
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Circle these dates: Health law’s key tests in 2014Dec 29, 2013 4:04 am - WASHINGTON — The new year brings the big test of President Barack Obama’s beleaguered health care law: Will it work? The heart of the law springs to life Wednesday, afte...
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Health law’s millions of beneficiaries see relief from worryDec 28, 2013 6:19 pm - Adam Peterson’s life is about to change. For the first time in years, he is planning to do things he could not have imagined. He intends to have surgery to remove his ga...
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Under health law, vending machines to start showing calories in 2014Dec 28, 2013 4:05 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Office workers in search of snacks will be counting calories along with their change under new labeling regulations for vending machines included in Pres...
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Prospectors seek fortune in legal potDec 28, 2013 6:45 am - SEATTLE — Dot-bong, Marijuana Inc., the Green Rush: Call it what you will, the burgeoning legal marijuana industry in Washington state is drawing pot prospectors of all ...