Articles filed under Health
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Feds now back morning-after pills for all girlsJun 11, 2013 8:50 am - NEW YORK — After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administra...
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Transplant vote seeks medical and legal balanceJun 11, 2013 8:50 am - PITTSBURGH — Faced with a federal judge’s order in the heart-wrenching cases of two terminally ill children seeking lung transplants, a national review board sought a ba...
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Medical marijuana raises questions for Illinois businessesJun 10, 2013 12:00 pm - If Gov. Pat Quinn signs recently passed legislation legalizing medical marijuana, some say it will raise serious questions on everything from the hiring and firing of jo...
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Schaumburg-based Sagent issues recall of injection drugJun 10, 2013 10:17 am - Schaumburg-based Sagent Pharmaceuticals has initiated a voluntary nationwide recall of three lots of Vecuronium Bromide for Injection 10mg, manufactured by Mustafa Nevza...
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Obama pitching new health care law in CaliforniaJun 07, 2013 11:51 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. — President Barack Obama is making a personal plea to Californians, Latinos and young people to sign up for coverage under the new health care law. Obam...
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Illinois-run health insurance marketplace stalls againJun 05, 2013 1:00 pm - Federal officials could end up overseeing the new Illinois health insurance marketplace for years to come after lawmakers in Springfield balked again at a full embrace o...
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Lawsuit calls hospital charity care law unconstitutionalJun 04, 2013 4:51 pm - Two low-income Illinois women have filed a lawsuit claiming a new definition of charity care for tax-exempt hospitals violates the state constitution. The lawsuit was fi...
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Doctors block bids to expand nurse, dentist rolesJun 04, 2013 4:06 pm - Nurses, dentists and psychologists asked the Illinois legislature this spring for more authority to make medical decisions with demand expected to surge under the federa...
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FDA set to clamp down on caffeine in foodJun 01, 2013 8:57 pm - Who needs coffee for breakfast when you can pour Wired Wyatt’s caffeinated maple syrup over your Wired Waffles? Remember Cracker Jack? This year saw the advent of Cracke...
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Alaska mine project may be ground zero for next big environmental fightJun 01, 2013 6:44 pm - A dispute over a proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay may be one of the most important environmental decisions of President Obama’s second term -- yet...