Articles filed under Health
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Walgreens reports November sales increaseDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens reported that sales at stores open a least a year increased 3.2 percent in November. The effect of calendar day shifts positively impacted tot...
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Judge: No class status in light cigarette lawsuitNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - BANGOR, Maine -- A federal judge in Maine has declined to grant class status to smokers who're suing Philip Morris and its parent company over light cigarettes. U.S. Dis...
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Do-it-yourself blood drug a threat to BaxterNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Sara Ahrens pinches her thigh, pushes a half-inch needle into her skin and turns on a pump. Then she sits back to watch “Grey's Anatomy” at her Long Beach, California ho...
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Health-care reform starts to be felt during open enrollmentNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Despite changes resulting from health-care reform, medical insurance open enrollment went smoothly for Lizette McNellis, an assistant vice president at Zurich North Amer...
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Baxter agrees to buy assets of ArchemixNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the hemophilia-related assets of a privately-...
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FDA pulls Darvon painkiller due to safety risksNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The maker of the painkiller Darvon is pulling the drug off the market at the request of public health officials who say the more than 50-year-old pill caus...
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Hospital cornerNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington received an anonymous gift valued at $2.1 million from a former patient and hospital volunteer. • Linden Oaks at Edward...
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Studies: Drug, device help treat heart failureNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Millions of people with mild or moderate heart failure got good news Sunday, with studies showing a Pfizer drug and a device from Medtronic can boost survival and cut t...
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Patients left owing thousands because hospitals classify them as outpatientsNov 12, 2010 10:00 pm - In August, Linda Brocato broke her leg and spent three days in Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview. Already using a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis and complication...
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital hosts careers nightOct 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital will host a Health Careers Night from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the hospital's Grainger Atrium at 1775 Dempster St., Park Ridge. ...