Articles filed under Health
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Doctors pressure FDA for nonprescription birth control pillsMar 23, 2012 10:00 am - The Food and Drug Administration is considering expanding the list of drugs that can be bought without a prescription, an opening birth-control advocates are seizing to ...
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State Senate to meet on Medicaid optionsMar 21, 2012 6:12 pm - The search for ways to cut Medicaid spending in Illinois is heating up. Senate President John Cullerton is calling the full Senate together Thursday to discuss Medicaid ...
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Northwest Community Healthcare lays off 104 employeesMar 21, 2012 5:57 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare laid off 104 employees this week, about 3 percent of its workforce, officials confirmed Wednesday. The Arlington Heights system lost $13.2...
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High court has options on health care lawMar 21, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety...
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Court throws out Prometheus drug patentMar 20, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court unanimously tossed out medical patent claims for Prometheus Laboratories for a test that could help doctors set drug doses for autoimmune ...
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Wheeling delays discussion of housing projectMar 20, 2012 12:45 pm - The Wheeling Plan Commission has delayed discussion of a controversial proposal for housing for low income residents who may have a physical or mental disability from Th...
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NWCH vying to win palliative care grantMar 20, 2012 8:31 am - Northwest Community Hospital is a candidate for the LIVESTRONG Community Impact Project, and the Arlington Heights facility needs votes from the community to win. At sta...
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'Obamacare' foes fear ballooning big governmentMar 18, 2012 7:00 am - They're coming. The mom from North Carolina who opposes vaccinations and dislikes doctors and chooses to forgo health coverage because, she says, it is her right as an A...
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Suburban Medicaid test cases could foreshadow futureMar 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Suburban poor, disabled patients are the subjects of a pilot program aimed at reducing costs for the state
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Doctors with computer access to records order more X-raysMar 11, 2012 5:00 am - In the debate over the high cost of health care, federal policymakers have always claimed that one way to cut costs is for doctors to use electronic medical records and ...