Articles filed under Health
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Indian drug-maker plans to expand statesideJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The head of Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. says he's charging ahead with plans to expand sales in the crucial U.S. market despite...
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5 batches test positive, including 2 in CarpentersvilleJul 13, 2012 3:40 pm - The Kane County Health Department reported Friday it has found three more batches of West Nile virus-bearing mosquitoes. The batches were found in department traps in Mo...
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Retired judge sues over new health care chargesJul 10, 2012 4:17 pm - SPRINGFIEL — A retired judge is suing over a new law that will begin charging some state retires for health insurance. Gordon Maag is a retired appellate judge who lost ...
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What to do now about healthcare benefitsJul 09, 2012 5:30 am - Set aside the vitriol for the moment and get practical: Except for a conversation with your health insurance adviser, there’s very little a small-business owner must do ...
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2 paths forward for uninsured, 1 clouded by rulingJul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Really? The Supreme Court's big health care decision means 30 million or more uninsured Americans are soon going to have coverage? It's far from that simple...
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The tax man cometh to police you on health careJul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama's health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2½ years, when t...
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St. Charles woman uses proton therapy to beat tumorJul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Heaven Alcorn's father died in 2008 from stomach cancer. So when her gynecologist discovered a tumor the size of a cantaloupe in her abdomen three years later, fear wash...
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Why is broccoli America’s most despised vegetable?Jul 07, 2012 7:11 am - There’s a 1928 New Yorker cartoon in which a chic-looking mother sits at a dinner table with her young daughter and urges to eat what’s on her plate: “It’s broccoli, dea...
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Dialysis facility opening in StreamwoodJul 06, 2012 9:00 am - Tom Pullia spends up to 30 minutes driving to and from a dialysis facility in Schaumburg. But starting Monday, his drive will be cut to less than five minutes. “It's goi...
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Butterfly art project colors Northwest suburbs this summerJul 05, 2012 8:00 am - Mount Prospect, Des Plaines and Park Ridge have gotten a bit more colorful recently. Rainbow Hospice, which is based in Mount Prospect and has connections to all three ...