Articles filed under Health
-
IU Health planning new hospital in BloomingtonDec 29, 2014 12:01 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University Health officials are working on plans for building a new hospital in Bloomington. IU Health Bloomington Hospital president Mark Mo...
-
Pittsfield hospital plans geriatric psych unitDec 29, 2014 12:01 am - PITTSFIELD, Ill. - A western Illinois hospital is asking state regulators for authorization to open a psychiatric unit for older patients. Illini Community Hospital in P...
-
Being uninsured in America will cost you moreDec 29, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015. It's the first year all taxpayers have to report to the Internal Revenue Service whether they had hea...
-
Hospice: Are we prolonging life or prolonging death?Dec 28, 2014 6:00 am - The doctor floated through the intensive care unit, white lab coat flapping, moving from room to room, scanning one chart and then another, often frowning. Unlike TV dra...
-
Ruling opens door for cruise malpractice lawsuitsDec 28, 2014 5:42 am - MIAMI - Pasquale Vaglio, a retired New York City policeman and Korean War veteran, was on the cruise of a lifetime with 18 family members in the summer of 2011 aboard Ro...
-
Glow from iPads disrupts sleep, study findsDec 27, 2014 6:31 am - WASHINGTON -- Basking in the blue glow of tablets, smartphones and other electronic devices before bedtime could be messing up our sleep patterns more profoundly than we...
-
Arlington Hts. family pays back kindness at Northwest Community HospitalDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - When Tim Brigham and his wife Melissa wound up at Northwest Community Hospital with their 2-year-old son Dominick in October, they weren't prepared for how emotional it ...
-
Annual health survey keeps Indiana at 41st in U.S.Dec 23, 2014 12:01 am - MUNSTER, Ind. - An annual survey of U.S. health rankings puts Indiana at 41st in the nation for the third straight year. Although United Health Foundation's new rankings...
-
Purdue gets $1.6M to create virtual patientsDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help medical, nursing and pharmacy students learn ho...
-
Express Scripts turns to AbbVie in huge hepatitis C dealDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - The nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager is throwing its weight into a fight over the high cost of treating hepatitis C, saying it will cover a drug from AbbVie wh...