Articles filed under Health
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Kraft recalls cottage cheeseMay 17, 2014 1:01 am - NORTHFIELD - Kraft Foods Group is recalling some of its cottage cheese products, company officials announced Saturday. Some ingredients used in Knudsen Cottage Cheese, B...
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Video conferencing helps hospital treat stroke patients fastMay 16, 2014 5:00 am - When Terry Jane's 83-year-old mother Lois started having stroke symptoms last month, he was thankful she was already at Northwest Community Hospital for an appointment. ...
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Pfizer seeks early approval for breast cancer drugMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - TRENTON, N.J. - Pfizer Inc. said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration will let the drugmaker apply for approval of its heavily touted experimental breast cancer ...
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Study: Political TV ads on health law total $445 millionMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - CHICAGO - A new analysis finds the nation's health care overhaul deserves a place in advertising history as the focus of extraordinarily high spending on negative politi...
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AbbVie names new research and development chiefMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - North Chicago-ased AbbVie has named Michael Severino, M.D. its new Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Severino's track...
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Watchdog: No proof treatment delays killed vetsMay 15, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - New complaints about long wait lists and falsified patient appointment reports have surfaced at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics across the country, t...
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Hines VA hospital under scrutinyMay 15, 2014 1:01 am - Federal investigators have visited a veterans hospital in suburban Chicago to look into an allegation that secret lists were used to conceal long patient wait times for ...
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Two DuPage residents part of 5 lung transplants in a dayMay 15, 2014 1:00 am - Julie D'Agostino and her father were driving home last week from Wisconsin when she got the phone call she long had hoped to receive. The 21-year-old Elmhurst resident l...
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Consumers losing doctors with new insurance plansMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - MIAMI — The first thing Michelle Pool did before picking a plan under President Barack Obama's health insurance law was check whether her longtime primary care doctor wa...
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Perfect Mother's Day gift? How about a breast-milk bankMay 10, 2014 11:00 pm - The suburbs have plenty of reasons to celebrate breast-feeding this Mother's Day. The suburbs are home to a mom who donated more than 127 gallons of her breast milk to s...