Articles filed under Health
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Kane County looks ready to support tax breaks for hospitalsFeb 09, 2012 12:00 am - Kane County hospitals hoping to maintain their tax-exempt status will likely receive the support of county board members who believe a property tax smorgasbord isn't wor...
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Something 'fishy' about NWCH pediatrics unitFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - A pair of suburban artists are thinking tropical these days, as in tropical fish. Sharon Lewert of Palatine and Lynn Ward of Arlington Heights are putting finishing touc...
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Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDCFeb 05, 2012 10:00 pm - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In t...
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Illinois Medicaid official sees ‘crisis’Feb 05, 2012 6:45 am - Given the state’s financial predicament, lawmakers will need to consider every possible strategy for cutting the state’s Medicaid budget this year, Illinois Department o...
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Rate of post-injury survival rises in Afghan warFeb 05, 2012 5:09 am - WASHINGTON — There has probably never been a war in which there has been as much on-the-job improvement in the care of the wounded than there has been in the United Stat...
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Rush-Copley selects Medicity to handle health informationFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Marketwire AURORA — Rush-Copley Medical Centesaid it selected Medicity health information exchange technology to facilitate affiliated physicians’ access to clinical res...
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Unlicensed Gurnee assisted-living facility faces more problemsFeb 01, 2012 4:30 am - An assisted-living facility that's been operating unlicensed for three years must cross a new hurdle in its quest to remain open in Gurnee. Village board members last we...
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Centegra, Mercy appeal hospital rejections from state boardJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Undeterred by not one, but two rejections from the state that killed Centegra and Mercy health systems' plans to build new hospitals in McHenry County, both groups are m...
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Pfizer recalls 1 million birth-control packs on wrong dosageJan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Pfizer Inc., the world’s biggest drugmaker, recalled 1 million birth-control packs after discovering that pills were mixed up inside the packages, possibly putting women...
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Gates Foundation, drugmakers push on tropical illsJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Thirteen major pharmaceutical companies, government groups and health charities will work together in a push to eliminate or control by 2020 10 tropical diseases that af...