Articles filed under Health
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Under health law, vending machines to start showing calories in 2014Dec 28, 2013 4:05 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Office workers in search of snacks will be counting calories along with their change under new labeling regulations for vending machines included in Pres...
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Prospectors seek fortune in legal potDec 28, 2013 6:45 am - SEATTLE — Dot-bong, Marijuana Inc., the Green Rush: Call it what you will, the burgeoning legal marijuana industry in Washington state is drawing pot prospectors of all ...
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Denver distributes recreational pot sales licensesDec 27, 2013 4:54 pm - DENVER — The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday, the owners mugging for pictures and saying they never th...
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Lutheran General finds, stops bacteria sourceDec 27, 2013 3:54 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge is asking patients who had a specific procedure performed earlier this year to be screened for a potential infection tha...
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Obama reversal on health plan gets mixed reviewsDec 27, 2013 5:52 am - President Barack Obama’s decision a month ago that allowed people to keep insurance policies once slated for cancellation under the federal health overhaul has received ...
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Northwest suburban pediatrician remembered as pioneerDec 27, 2013 4:30 am - One of the founding medical staff from Northwest Community Hospital and one of its first female pediatricians, has died. Dr. Marianne B. Budzeika passed away on Tuesday....
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Hand, face transplants to face new government oversightDec 26, 2013 4:13 pm - WASHINGTON — Sure your liver or kidney could save someone’s life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor may get more complic...
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Obamacare policy notifications and current status, by stateDec 26, 2013 3:23 pm - 1333 ...
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Reversal on Obamacare cancellations gets mixed responseDec 26, 2013 3:15 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — A month after President Barack Obama announced people could keep insurance policies slated for cancellation under the federal health overhaul, the revers...
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Study finds confusion over health insurance vocabularyDec 25, 2013 2:50 pm - WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of Americans have spent the days leading up to Christmas trying to navigate the HealthCare.gov website — with varying degrees of succe...