Articles filed under Health
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Smart ways to keep the brake on health-care costsAug 05, 2012 7:15 am - The rising cost of health care in the U.S. has been slowing over the past few years, driven both by weakness in the general economy and by some changes in the way medica...
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Streamwood Health Center to serve underinsuredAug 02, 2012 11:47 am - Streamwood location to serve uninsured
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Emanuel asked Minnesota AG to resolve lawsuit privatelyAug 01, 2012 4:35 pm - A newspaper reports that before Minnesota officials announced they’d settled a lawsuit against a Chicago medical revenue company, Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked the Minnesota ...
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Rush to be in federal nurse-training programJul 31, 2012 4:11 pm - Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center is among five hospitals chosen to participate in a new training program for advanced practice registered nurses. U.S. Health and...
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Assisted living expansion in S. Elgin includes pilot for dementia careJul 30, 2012 5:55 pm - A 132-unit assisted living facility in South Elgin is about to become the largest campus developed by the largest provider of affordable assisted living communities in I...
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Take Action Fitness is a dream come true for ownerJul 30, 2012 6:00 am - An interview with Kim Justice, owner of Take Action Fitness. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Take Action Fitness is a smaller, more private gym focused on ...
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Overlooking disability insurance can be costlyJul 29, 2012 7:17 am - Long-term disability insurance is the forgotten insurance. The importance of auto, health, homeowners and life insurance is well known. But disability coverage, which re...
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Drug-makers take hit as patents lapse with few replacementsJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Fewer new prescription drugs will get approved in the U.S. this year than the 30 approved in 2011, a ratings agency forecasts, adding to the many stresse...
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Horizon Pharma gets FDA approval of arthritis drug RayosJul 27, 2012 9:29 am - The Food and Drug Administration has given approval to Deerfield-based Horizon Pharma’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Rayos for sale in the U.S. “We are extremely pleased th...
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Mercy officials looking ahead to hearing for new hospitalJul 25, 2012 2:00 pm - While one hospital system is looking forward to building in McHenry County, another hospital system remains in limbo over whether it can do the same. Tuesday, in a dram...