Articles filed under Health
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Prohibit these drinks once and for allDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - In a popular carnival game, the object is to pound down “moles” that pop up from holes in a platform. No matter how fast a player is with the mallet, the plastic figures...
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Pfizer CEO Kindler steps down unexpectedlyDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Jeffrey B. Kindler, Pfizer Inc.'s CEO and chairman, stepped down unexpectedly Sunday after 4½ years leading the world's biggest drugmaker, saying he needs to "recharge h...
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Walgreens reports November sales increaseDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens reported that sales at stores open a least a year increased 3.2 percent in November. The effect of calendar day shifts positively impacted tot...
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Judge: No class status in light cigarette lawsuitNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - BANGOR, Maine -- A federal judge in Maine has declined to grant class status to smokers who're suing Philip Morris and its parent company over light cigarettes. U.S. Dis...
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Do-it-yourself blood drug a threat to BaxterNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Sara Ahrens pinches her thigh, pushes a half-inch needle into her skin and turns on a pump. Then she sits back to watch “Grey's Anatomy” at her Long Beach, California ho...
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Health-care reform starts to be felt during open enrollmentNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Despite changes resulting from health-care reform, medical insurance open enrollment went smoothly for Lizette McNellis, an assistant vice president at Zurich North Amer...
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Baxter agrees to buy assets of ArchemixNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the hemophilia-related assets of a privately-...
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FDA pulls Darvon painkiller due to safety risksNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The maker of the painkiller Darvon is pulling the drug off the market at the request of public health officials who say the more than 50-year-old pill caus...
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Hospital cornerNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington received an anonymous gift valued at $2.1 million from a former patient and hospital volunteer. • Linden Oaks at Edward...
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Studies: Drug, device help treat heart failureNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Millions of people with mild or moderate heart failure got good news Sunday, with studies showing a Pfizer drug and a device from Medtronic can boost survival and cut t...