Articles filed under Health
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Cable lets hospitals go high-tech with remote diagnosisFeb 18, 2012 5:05 am - NEW YORK — Jack Sappenfield was driving in rural Oklahoma on Father’s Day 2009 when he lost control of the left side of his body. Alarmed and dizzy, he quickly turned ba...
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Dairy warns of unpasteurized milkFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - OSSEO, Wis. — A Wisconsin dairy is warning customers not to drink some of its whole milk because it may not be properly pasteurized. Castle Rock Organic Dairy Plant of O...
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Company executives sent to prisonFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Two former executives of Canopy Financial Inc. have been sentenced to prison for swindling investors out of $75 million and illegally pocketing about $18 million from ac...
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Targeted Solutions Tool for wrong site surgery debutsFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Marketwire OAKBROOK TERRACE — A new weapon in the fight to reduce the incidence of wrong site surgery becomes available today. The Targeted Solutions Tool, developed by ...
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Tainted sprouts again linked to Jimmy John’sFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John’s have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness — again. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
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Cadence Health launches affiliation for oncology servicesFeb 13, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire WINFIELD — Cadence Health, the company created from the merger of Central DuPage Health System in Winfield and Delnor Community Health System in Geneva, said ...
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Hospira reports 4Q sales increased 2.2 percentFeb 13, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire LAKE FOREST — Hospira, Inc. reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2011 were $1 billion, up 2.2 percent from the same period last year. The company said...
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Hospira names new leaders for quality, plant operationsFeb 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc. announced a number of new appointments to its quality and plant operations, including the appointment of Zena G. Kaufman as senior vice pr...
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Feds require consumer-friendly health plan briefsFeb 12, 2012 6:06 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says health plans must start providing more consumer-friendly summaries of coverage and costs so people will know what protection t...
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Atrial fibrillation cases on the riseFeb 11, 2012 5:05 am - EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — After Debra Gregory passed out twice the same day at her home in 2008, a friend took her to Mayo Clinic Health System-Oakridge in Osseo. Once there, m...