Articles filed under Health
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Spain court rules against town’s pot-growing plansMay 31, 2013 3:29 pm - MADRID — Spain’s judiciary on Friday rejected a plan by a small town in northeastern Catalonia to ease its municipal debt and help lift itself out of the financial crisi...
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Coastal homeowners staggered by insurance costsMay 31, 2013 3:23 pm - GULF SHORES, Ala. — When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insura...
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Edward, Elmhurst name new leaders for upcoming mergerMay 31, 2013 10:30 am - Edward Hospital & Health Services in Naperville and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, which will merge on July 1, announced appointments of key leaders Friday. Mary Lou (“Lo...
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Like your health care policy? You may be losing itMay 30, 2013 10:00 am - WASHINGTON — Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to t...
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Decontaminating patients cuts hospital infectionsMay 30, 2013 7:07 am - Infections in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of people each year, and many institutions fight back by screening new patients to see if they carry a dangerous germ...
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Aurora woman aims to improve future vision in her hometownMay 29, 2013 12:00 am - Vision isn’t something Laura Martinez thought much about until her diabetic mother got sick. The 27-year-old can see fine herself and had never been to an optometrist. B...
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Medicaid expansion heads to Illinois governorMay 28, 2013 2:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers have approved a historic expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income adults without children. The key part of President Barack Obama's hea...
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Strategy, trusted advisor needed to cope with ObamacareMay 27, 2013 6:12 am - There’s plenty of commotion but not yet much enlightenment when it comes to implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare, if you prefer. We’ll try for enlighten...
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Few doctors get higher Medicaid feesMay 26, 2013 5:16 am - The Obama administration’s strategy of enticing more primary-care doctors to treat the poor by raising Medicaid reimbursement rates is off to a slow start. Only a handfu...
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Gene dispute focuses on what patients should knowMay 26, 2013 5:02 am - BOSTON — Should patients undergoing broad DNA testing for a specific ailment be told of unexpected findings that signal risk of cancer or other serious diseases, even if...