Articles filed under Health
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Health fraud prevention meeting Thursday in BellwoodMay 09, 2012 5:00 pm - A Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Fair funded with a government grant is being held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at West Suburban Senior Services,...
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State House votes to end free health insurance for retired workersMay 09, 2012 5:00 pm - The Illinois House agreed Wednesday to stop providing free health insurance for longtime state employees once they retire. Gov. Pat Quinn and House Speaker Michael Madig...
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Two months later, still no action on Illinois hospital taxMay 09, 2012 3:56 pm - Following through on a promise, Gov. Pat Quinn announced more than two months ago that the state would resume denying tax exemptions to hospitals that operate more like ...
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FDA favors first drug for HIV preventionMay 08, 2012 11:54 am - WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators on Tuesday affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting t...
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Geneva cancer resource center rejoices in a place of its ownMay 05, 2012 6:53 am - Geneva Alderman Ralph Dantino didn’t know where to turn for answers when he was diagnosed with appendix cancer in March 2009. But a friend who had lung cancer told ...
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Got the munchies? A new pot eatery opens in OregonMay 04, 2012 8:59 am - ASHLAND, Ore. — After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot...
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Mount Prospect supportive-housing project to break groundMay 03, 2012 6:38 pm - Construction will begin Monday in Mount Prospect on a supportive-housing project that is likely to be the first of its kind in the Northwest suburbs. Myers Place, as the...
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Tossing out health care law could cause Medicare disruptionsMay 03, 2012 10:35 am - WASHINGTON — Tossing out President Barack Obama’s health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare’s payment systems, unseen but vita...
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‘Fittest Losers’ show what’s possibleMay 03, 2012 8:58 am - In 12 weeks, look what these suburban men and women have done: “It’s a dream come true to be off my cholesterol and blood pressure medicine.” “I can now tie my shoes wit...
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Electronic-Records Goals Aren’t Met by 80% of U.S. HospitalsMay 01, 2012 11:05 am - More than 80 percent of hospitals have yet to achieve the requirements for the first stage of a $14.6 billion U.S. program to encourage doctors to adopt electronic medic...