Articles filed under Health
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Universities in race to create bionic eyeSep 08, 2012 7:55 am - Jeanette Pritchard slides a brain onto the table and points to the area where scientists will implant 600 tiny electrodes to produce bionic vision. The wobbly white orga...
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‘Kids Count’ symposium in Hoffman EstatesSep 07, 2012 4:48 pm - Voices for Illinois Children is hosting an Illinois Kids Count symposium from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Sept. 10, at St. Alexius Medical Center, 1555 Barrington Road in ...
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St. Alexius CEO resigning in NovemberSep 06, 2012 11:08 am - After 18 years working as CEO for St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Ed Goldberg is resigning. Goldberg, 61, told co-workers in February about his decision t...
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Walgreen shares slide after sales trail estimatesSep 06, 2012 10:31 am - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. fell the most in more than two months after posting fiscal fourth-quarter revenue that trailed analysts’ estimates as the lack of Express Sc...
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Report: U.S. health care system wastes $750B a yearSep 06, 2012 9:38 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year — roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — through unneeded care, byzantine paperwork, fraud and...
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Abbott, Astellas to collaborate on CMV vaccine trialSep 06, 2012 9:28 am - Lake County-based drugmakers Abbott Laboratories and Astellas Pharma said they will collaborate on a clinical trial on a vaccine licensed from Vical Inc. for preventing ...
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Sibling rivalry not all bad, doctor saysSep 05, 2012 5:00 am - When it comes to siblings, rivalry is rooted in competition: competition for parents' time, attention and love. In families with more than one child, it's practically u...
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Arlington Hts. OKs Lutheran Home expansionSep 05, 2012 12:40 am - Lutheran Home will be getting a major renovation and expansion after the Arlington Heights village board approved the project Tuesday night after several hours of public...
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A dozen human West Nile cases reported in DuPageSep 04, 2012 5:08 pm - A total of 12 human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in DuPage County, health department officials confirmed Tuesday. That’s two more cases since the county’s...
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Ex-Obama advisers seek health care cost controlSep 02, 2012 8:06 am - WASHINGTON — Some of President Barack Obama’s former advisers are proposing major changes aimed at controlling health care costs as political uncertainty hovers over his...