Articles filed under Health
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Hospitals ready if talks break down on taxesFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Finding a compromise on a legal standard that would allow Illinois’ nonprofit hospitals to keep their valuable property tax exemptions is proving difficult as a Thursday...
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Groups weigh in on hospital tax exemptionsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - With a deadline looming, competing proposals are emerging for legal standards on how Illinois nonprofit hospitals could keep their property tax exemptions. Gov. Pat Quin...
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Glasses, wheelchairs on Illinois Medicaid cut listFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - An adviser to Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmakers would have to choose everything on a list of possible Medicaid cuts to get to the $2.7 billion proposed by the governor. Amon...
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Elgin’s Sherman Auxiliary to host benefit gala March 3Feb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - The 48th annual Sherman Hospital Auxiliary Benefit Gala, “Masquerade Ball,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Conventi...
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Edward unveils state's first Ronald McDonald roomFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Keri Gillespie encouraged her 3-year-old son to give a thumbs-up while he played with a toy train Tuesday, a simple behavior for most toddlers but a significant accompli...
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Counterfeit drugs becoming big business worldwideFeb 19, 2012 5:22 am - WASHINGTON — The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-...
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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 ...