Articles filed under Health
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New Alzheimer’s drug studies offer patients hopeDec 03, 2012 5:10 am - TRENTON, N.J. — For Alzheimer’s patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there’s hope from new studies starting up and...
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Holiday chocolate sales to benefit McHenry health clinicDec 02, 2012 10:25 am - Katie Anderson-Tedder first learned about the Family Health Partnership Clinic last year as a reporter working on an assignment. The clinic serves under- and uninsured ...
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Residents find freedom, affordability at dementia care sitesDec 02, 2012 7:00 am - Residents find freedom, comfort at dementia care sites
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Pay a penalty? Business owners face health care dilemmaDec 02, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Rose Wang looks at her staff of 70 employees and wonders if she'll have to lay off some of them to comply with the health care law. The owner of Binary Group ...
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Many will be surprised at high cost of ‘Affordable Care’ insuranceDec 01, 2012 4:03 pm - WASHINGTON — To Megan Hildebrandt, President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act means she can no longer be denied health insurance because of her lymphatic cancer. There...
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Tech workers sense opportunity as health care law kicks in: JobsDec 01, 2012 6:56 am - John Tricas said he heard opportunity knocking and learned networking software two decades ago, when it was the “next big thing.” Now he senses a similar opening as the ...
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Drugmaker Ranbaxy halts generic Lipitor productionNov 30, 2012 3:54 pm - Problem-plagued Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has halted production of generic cholesterol drug Lipitor while it investigates how tiny glass particles got into the ingred...
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OSHA may take over some FAA oversightNov 30, 2012 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal aviation and labor agencies Friday proposed expanding workplace protections to flight attendants, something airline unions have sought for 37 years....
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Feds propose fee on health insurers in new marketNov 30, 2012 3:50 pm - WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies will have to pay to play in new health insurance markets coming under President Barack Obama’s health care law, the administratio...
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High court to decide if human genes can be patentedNov 30, 2012 3:10 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research ...