Articles filed under Health
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Lawmaker looks outside VA to fill mental care gapJan 29, 2013 10:23 am - WASHINGTON — Veterans who have trouble getting timely mental health care from Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics should also have access to thousands of health care ...
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Questions and answers on Illinois insurance exchange plansJan 28, 2013 3:10 pm - Here are some fast facts about how buying health insurance will change in Illinois as President Barack Obama’s health overhaul takes effect and the first insurance excha...
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Personal experience drives Arlington Heights home care firmJan 28, 2013 5:00 am - An interview with Ellen Simon, co-owner of For Papa’s Sake Home Care in Arlington Heights Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We are a family owned and locall...
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Ronald McDonald House coming to WinfieldJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - The first Ronald McDonald House in the western suburbs will open in 2015 near Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, providing a “home away from home” for families of hosp...
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New chapter in Northwest Community merger talk historyJan 25, 2013 9:00 am - Arlington Heights-based Northwest Community Healthcare is seeking another health care partner for a possible merger or other alliance, but a representative stopped short...
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U.S. government scientists say retire most research chimpsJan 23, 2013 9:17 am - NEW ORLEANS — Government scientists have agreed that all but 50 of hundreds of chimpanzees kept for federally funded research should be retired from labs and sent to a n...
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Skypoint Medical Center grows in SchaumburgJan 21, 2013 5:33 am - An interview with Dr. Sameer M. Naseeruddin, CEO of Skypoint Medical Center. Q: How do you describe your business? A: We treat our patients with allopathic methods tha...
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Business CEOs call for raising retirement ageJan 20, 2013 5:12 am - WASHINGTON — An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and to par...
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More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercuryJan 19, 2013 7:22 pm - GENEVA — A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four years of diffi...
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TSA to remove controversial X-ray scannersJan 18, 2013 3:41 pm - Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dos...