Articles filed under Health
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Northwest Community, Central DuPage named top hospitalsDec 04, 2012 9:46 am - Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights and Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield were among 92 hospitals nationwide name 2012 Top Hospitals by the Leapfrog Gr...
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Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plateDec 04, 2012 9:00 am - WASHINGTON — Salmon that's genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes the fish can ...
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Baxter to buy Swedish firm Gambro in $2.76B dealDec 04, 2012 5:31 am - Drug and medical device maker Deerfield-based Baxter International plans to buy the privately held Swedish company Gambro AB for about $2.76 billion to broaden its dialy...
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New hospital at a glanceDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - The Alexian Brothers Women and Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates will feature a Center for Pediatric Brain, an expanded Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, inpa...
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A comfy children's hospital coming to Hoffman EstatesDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - Jason and Dawn Crane couldn't be more pleased with the progress being made on the new Alexian Brothers Women and Children's Hospital in Hoffman Estates. Earlier this yea...
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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...