Articles filed under Health
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Poll: Americans support listing calories on menusDec 31, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans say they already have enough information at restaurants to decide whether they are making a healthy purchase. But they want even...
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Researchers: IMF policies hindered Ebola responseDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - YORK, England - Professors from three leading British universities say International Monetary Fund policies favoring international debt repayment over social spending co...
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State retirees should get health premium refunds by June 15Dec 30, 2014 12:01 am - A court has approved a schedule for refunds to tens of thousands of Illinois state retirees who've been paying a portion of their pensions for health insurance over the ...
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Report: 4 million actively enroll in health plansDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law shows that more than 4 million people selected plans for the first ...
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Experts: 2014 was a busy, black-eye year for disease controlDec 29, 2014 4:55 am - NEW YORK - Health officials are celebrating some important victories in 2014, and Time magazine even named Ebola fighters the persons of the year. Nevertheless, this was...
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IU Health planning new hospital in BloomingtonDec 29, 2014 12:01 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University Health officials are working on plans for building a new hospital in Bloomington. IU Health Bloomington Hospital president Mark Mo...
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Pittsfield hospital plans geriatric psych unitDec 29, 2014 12:01 am - PITTSFIELD, Ill. - A western Illinois hospital is asking state regulators for authorization to open a psychiatric unit for older patients. Illini Community Hospital in P...
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Being uninsured in America will cost you moreDec 29, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015. It's the first year all taxpayers have to report to the Internal Revenue Service whether they had hea...
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Hospice: Are we prolonging life or prolonging death?Dec 28, 2014 6:00 am - The doctor floated through the intensive care unit, white lab coat flapping, moving from room to room, scanning one chart and then another, often frowning. Unlike TV dra...
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Ruling opens door for cruise malpractice lawsuitsDec 28, 2014 5:42 am - MIAMI - Pasquale Vaglio, a retired New York City policeman and Korean War veteran, was on the cruise of a lifetime with 18 family members in the summer of 2011 aboard Ro...