Articles filed under Health
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Four Advocate hospitals make U.S. News annual listJul 17, 2013 9:34 am - DOWNERS GROVE — Four Advocate Health Care hospitals have been named among the finest in Chicago and Illinois according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-2014, Best Hosp...
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House GOP seek delay in health care provisionsJul 17, 2013 8:04 am - WASHINGTON — House Republicans, politically emboldened by President Barack Obama’s delay of a key requirement of his health care law, are taking another run at scrapping...
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Mosquitoes in Algonquin test postive for West NileJul 16, 2013 1:39 pm - West Nile is back in Kane County. State health officials located the first Kane County batch of mosquitoes to test positive for the disease Monday near Algonquin. There ...
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Funeral set for former Condell Medical Center president Eugene PritchardJul 15, 2013 9:43 am - A former president and CEO of what is now Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville has died. Eugene Pritchard was 80. He died Thursday, July 11, at the Autumn Lea...
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Catholic hospitals accept birth control ruleJul 09, 2013 11:10 am - WASHINGTON — A trade group for Catholic hospitals says it can accept the Obama administration’s compromise on birth control coverage. The Catholic Health Association sa...
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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois offers exercise class for people with Parkinson’sJul 09, 2013 10:33 am - St. Matthew Center for Health and Intouch Home Care, programs of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois in Park Ridge, and The Frisbie Senior Center in Des Plaines are exc...
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Boehner to Obama: Why a break for businesses only?Jul 09, 2013 9:32 am - WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama should grant individuals a reprieve from his health care law’s coverage requirement — just like the W...
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Naperville employers wary of health care requirementsJul 08, 2013 2:27 pm - Naperville-area business people are reacting with a mix of relief and questions about the extended deadline for employers to offer medical coverage to their employees un...
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Toddler with lab-made windpipe diesJul 08, 2013 9:53 am - A 2-year-old girl who was implanted with a windpipe grown from her own stem cells has died, three months after she became the youngest person to receive the experimental...
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A big Medicaid gap looms in Obama health care lawJul 07, 2013 6:25 am - WASHINGTON — Nearly 2 in 3 uninsured low-income people who would qualify for subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law may be out of luck next y...