Articles filed under Health
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TSA to remove controversial X-ray scannersJan 18, 2013 3:41 pm - Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dos...
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Lilly drug chosen for Alzheimer’s studyJan 18, 2013 2:50 pm - Researchers have chosen an experimental drug by Eli Lilly & Co. for a large federally funded study testing whether it’s possible to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in older ...
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Officials may trade gas tax for mileage taxJan 18, 2013 2:19 pm - MONTPELIER, Vt. — Carpooling, higher fuel economy, hybrids and electric cars may be good for the environment, but they’re bad for government transportation funding, whic...
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Triune wins relief from birth control mandateJan 16, 2013 4:17 pm - A judge has granted an Oak Brook company temporary relief from a state requirement that its employee health insurance plan covers birth control. DuPage County Circuit Co...
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Hospitals expand reach with stand-alone ERsJan 14, 2013 3:40 pm - One recent evening after office hours, Dr. James Magee got a phone call about a patient, a woman in her 40s. She complained of tingling on one side of her body, in her a...
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shotsJan 12, 2013 5:18 pm - CHICAGO — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down...
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Storm commission urges flood walls for subwaysJan 12, 2013 12:22 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airp...
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Cuba to free doctors from onerous travel rulesJan 12, 2013 6:22 am - HAVANA — Cuba is eliminating longstanding restrictions on health care professionals’ overseas travel as part of a broader migration reform that takes effect this week. ...
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Suburban hospitals respond to fluJan 11, 2013 4:55 pm - In light of the burgeoning flu season, Centegra Health System hospitals in McHenry County are imposing a visitor restriction policy that forbids anyone under age 18 to v...
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Agency retracts reprimand to flatulent workerJan 11, 2013 4:25 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal government agency did more than wrinkle its nose at an employee’s flatulence problem, issuing an official reprimand after months of malodors. But ...