Articles filed under Health
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Kirk: Experimental therapy helped him relearn to walkJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - Mark Kirk literally rose to this occasion. A beaming Kirk emerged from a Willis Tower stairwell on Nov. 4 after climbing more than three dozen flights of stairs on his ...
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Clinton receiving blood thinners to dissolve clotJan 01, 2013 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot in her head said blood thinners are being used to dissolve the clot and they ar...
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Feds fail to stop rampant steroid useJan 01, 2013 5:12 am - EDITOR’S NOTE — Whether for athletics or age, Americans from teenagers to baby boomers are trying to get an edge by illegally using anabolic steroids and human growth ho...
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Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikesJan 01, 2013 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases ...
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Experts: Flu season could be severeDec 29, 2012 4:22 pm - WASHINGTON —Flu season in the United States is having its earliest start in nearly a decade and health officials say this season could be a bad one. Although flu is alwa...
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Long-awaited pollution trial ready to startDec 29, 2012 12:07 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nearly a decade after it was first brought, a lawsuit accusing two oil giants of widespread groundwater contamination in New Hampshire is expected to pre...
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‘Gaping security holes’ expose health systems’ data, researchers sayDec 29, 2012 6:19 am - As the health care industry rushed onto the Internet in search of efficiencies and improved care in recent years, it has exposed a wide array of vulnerable hospital comp...
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Drug companies cashing in on human growth hormone abuseDec 27, 2012 4:30 am - Investigation shows record sales of human growth hormones
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Hospitals, insurers back Medicaid expansionDec 26, 2012 3:26 pm - Illinois lawmakers soon will face two critical decisions over how to fully carry out President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. With attention turning in 2013 to how...
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Health care tax hikes for 2013 may be just a startDec 25, 2012 12:25 pm - WASHINGTON — New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congre...