Articles filed under Health
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Illinoisans encounter problems with health insurance signupMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - People who waited until the last day to sign up for health insurance poured into hospital lobbies and enrollment areas Monday, with some encountering the same kind of co...
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Deadline dash: Glitches slow health care sign-upsMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - In a flood of last-minute sign-ups, hundreds of thousands of Americans rushed to apply for health insurance Monday, but deadline day for President Barack Ob...
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Q&A: Status update as health law marks a milestoneMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Like so much about the government's health care overhaul, Monday's deadline to sign up for coverage in 2014 didn't turn out quite as planned: Many people st...
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Shared Care site helps patients at Elgin hospitalMar 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Heart patient William Spence says that among all the difficult things he's had to endure in the last couple years, one of the bright spots has been being able to get car...
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Community helping Schaumburg parents of boy with severe disabilitiesMar 30, 2014 8:00 am - Seeing the ultrasound image of a spine twisted around a tiny, horribly deformed 15-week-old fetus, Jeff and Stacy Fulkerson of Schaumburg knew their first son, Jackson, ...
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Intel buys fitness tracker maker BasisMar 29, 2014 8:05 am - NEW YORK - Chipmaker Intel has bought Basis Science, the startup behind the popular fitness tracker by the same name, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, announced Tuesday...
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Los Angeles doctors practice speeding up trauma careMar 29, 2014 7:15 am - WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Before the car-wreck victim reached the emergency room, doctors, residents and nurses at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center knew what to expect by glan...
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Health law legacy eludes ObamaMar 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - As a roller-coaster sign-up season winds down, President Barack Obama's health care law has indeed managed to change the country. Americans are unlikely to ...
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Studies find new drugs greatly lower cholesterolMar 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A new class of experimental medicines can dramatically lower cholesterol, raising hopes of a fresh option for people who can't tolerate or don't get enough ...
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NTSB oversight of GM problems raises questionsMar 28, 2014 1:01 am - DETROIT - For years, the U.S. government's auto safety watchdog sent form letters to worried owners of the Chevrolet Cobalt and other General Motors small cars, saying i...