Articles filed under Health
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FDA prepares long-awaited plan to reduce saltJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Food companies and restaurants could soon face government pressure to make their foods less salty - a long-awaited federal effort to try to prevent thousand...
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Obama setting aside massive Pacific Ocean preserveJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Vowing to protect fragile marine life, President Barack Obama acted Tuesday to create the world's largest ocean preserve by expanding a national monument hi...
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Alexian, Adventist plan to partnerJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - Alexian Brothers Health System, which has five hospitals in Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates, and Adventist Midwest Health, which has four suburban hospitals, h...
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New community health center proposed in WheatonJun 16, 2014 5:30 am - A community center with a variety of public health resources may soon be coming to the DuPage County complex in Wheaton. Representatives from the DuPage County Health D...
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Lawmaker wants probe of $33 million health campaignJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - A Republican state lawmaker has called for an investigation into how Illinois spent $33 million in federal money to promote President Barack Obama's health care law - in...
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Quinn signs Medicaid service restorationJun 16, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law Monday that would restore some Medicaid services the state cut in 2012 and could give Illinois access to about $2.4 billion in federal money ...
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Innovative Memory Care Community Opening Soon in South BarringtonJun 15, 2014 11:00 pm - The LaSalle Group, a leader in memory care with more than 15 years of experience, will be opening the first free-standing memory care community in the Village of South B...
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Rite Aid memory test spurs needless worries, doctors sayJun 15, 2014 6:11 am - NEW YORK - Memory tests given at Rite Aid Corp. drugstores as an early warning for Alzheimer's are drawing fire from doctors who say they don't work well and may cause u...
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Political firm had key job in Get Covered IllinoisJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - A key subcontractor working on the campaign to promote President Barack Obama's health care law in Illinois is a Chicago political strategy consulting firm owned by thre...
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Illinois health campaign among nation's costliestJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - President Barack Obama's home state agreed to spend $33 million in federal money promoting his health care law, hiring a high-priced public relations firm for work that ...