Articles filed under Health
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Palatine, state at odds over medical marijuana dispensaryFeb 05, 2015 4:30 am - Earlier this week, the state of Illinois granted Nature's Care a license to operate a medical marijuana dispensary at a former Peko Tile building on Colfax Street in Pal...
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The Affordable Care Act is another way to ration health careFeb 04, 2015 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Philip M Rosoff, Duke University (THE C...
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Buffalo Grove police team with anti-heroin group to offer treatment, preventionFeb 04, 2015 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove police are teaming with Live4Lali, Inc., a social service nonprofit agency, to build awareness about the abuse of heroin and other opioids in the community...
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Some questions and answers about measles at workFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — A boss who's worried about an outbreak of measles in the workplace needs to tread lightly. Reports of a growing number of measles cases have employers wonderi...
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Anxiety over Supreme Court's latest dive into health careFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five years after President Barack Obama signed his health care overhaul into law, its fate is yet again in the hands of the Supreme Court. This ...
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Aetna 4Q profit drops but meets forecasts, guidance climbsFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - Aetna's fourth-quarter earnings slid 37 percent as the health insurer spent more to grow its business, but its performance matched expectations, and the company raised i...
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Editorial: What Illinois should learn from measles outbreakFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - Last fall, Bruce Rauner raised the specter of Ebola in his campaign for governor, calling for a ban on travelers from three western Africa countries and backing mandator...
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Dold one of three Republicans to oppose Obamacare repealFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Bob Dold of Kenilworth was one of three House Republicans to vote against repealing President Barack Obama's federal health care law Tuesday. The proposal was ...
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UK nears making babies from DNA of 3 peopleFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - LONDON - Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people. The technology aims to liberate future generations from inherit...
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NCH opens outpatient pediatric physical rehabilitation unitFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (February 3, 2015) - Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) has opened a new pediatric physical rehabilitation services location in Arlington Heigh...