Articles filed under Health
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Cardinal blesses babies, families at new hospitalApr 29, 2013 10:00 pm - Some of the smallest patients at Alexian Brothers Health Center in Hoffman Estates had a special visitor Monday. Cardinal Francis George spent the afternoon walking the ...
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Images: Cardinal George visits Alexian BrothersApr 29, 2013 7:00 pm - ...
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Anesthesiologists break ground on Schaumburg HQApr 26, 2013 2:43 pm - The American Society of Anesthesiologists will break ground on their new headquarters building at 1061 American Lane in Schaumburg, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27. Sch...
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Schaumburg Township hosts mental health fairApr 25, 2013 2:17 pm - The Schaumburg Township Mental Health Committee will host a mental health fair from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Schaumburg Township Activity Center, 1 Illinois Bl...
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Nation’s drug czar to outline policy reformApr 24, 2013 10:34 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. — President Barack Obama’s new strategy for fighting the nation’s drug problem will include a greater emphasis on using public health tools to battle addi...
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Poll: Aging US in denial about long-term care needApr 24, 2013 9:04 am - WASHINGTON — We’re in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll exami...
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State’s bill backlog could grow if Medicaid expandsApr 22, 2013 4:09 pm - SPRINGFIELD — An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul could increase Illinois’ existing backlog of overdue bills and result in even ...
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Florida company recalls sterile drugsApr 21, 2013 12:25 pm - LAKE MARY, Fla. — A Florida-based compounding pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expired drug products sold nationwide over concerns the produ...
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Another doctor linked to Sacred Heart Hospital chargedApr 18, 2013 4:06 pm - Another physician has been arrested in an ongoing investigation of Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital, prosecutors announced Thursday, days after initial arrests of its own...
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Abbott gets FDA approval for lens to treat cataract patientsApr 18, 2013 1:02 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP — Abbott Laboratories said its Tecnis Toric 1-Piece intraocular lens has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and is launching...