Articles filed under Health
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Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikesJan 01, 2013 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases ...
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Experts: Flu season could be severeDec 29, 2012 4:22 pm - WASHINGTON —Flu season in the United States is having its earliest start in nearly a decade and health officials say this season could be a bad one. Although flu is alwa...
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Long-awaited pollution trial ready to startDec 29, 2012 12:07 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nearly a decade after it was first brought, a lawsuit accusing two oil giants of widespread groundwater contamination in New Hampshire is expected to pre...
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‘Gaping security holes’ expose health systems’ data, researchers sayDec 29, 2012 6:19 am - As the health care industry rushed onto the Internet in search of efficiencies and improved care in recent years, it has exposed a wide array of vulnerable hospital comp...
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Drug companies cashing in on human growth hormone abuseDec 27, 2012 4:30 am - Investigation shows record sales of human growth hormones
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Hospitals, insurers back Medicaid expansionDec 26, 2012 3:26 pm - Illinois lawmakers soon will face two critical decisions over how to fully carry out President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. With attention turning in 2013 to how...
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Health care tax hikes for 2013 may be just a startDec 25, 2012 12:25 pm - WASHINGTON — New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congre...
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FDA warns doctors of counterfeit BotoxDec 24, 2012 7:59 am - WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have warned more than 350 medical practices that Botox they may have received from a Canadian supplier is unapproved and could be counter...
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Mentally ill say more suburban housing options neededDec 22, 2012 10:00 pm - Mental illness has taken precious things away from Amanda Guagenti. She's trying to get some of them back. The symptoms — depression, extreme anxiety, delusional thought...
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Evanston woman espouses benefits from housing programDec 22, 2012 10:00 pm - Stephanie Brown sat in her Evanston apartment, surrounded by Christmas presents she was wrapping for her grandchildren, and talked about what it was like to move out of ...