Articles filed under Health
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These gadgets do the work then dissolve — inside youSep 27, 2012 1:10 pm - NEW YORK — As consumers we want our electronic gadgets to be durable. But as patients, we might want them to dissolve — inside our bodies. Scientists reported Thursd...
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AP-GfK Poll: Most see health law being implementedSep 26, 2012 9:23 am - WASHINGTON — They may not like it, but they don’t see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care law will go fully into effect wit...
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Report: Premium hikes for top Medicare drug plansSep 25, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON) — Seniors enrolled in seven of the 10 most popular Medicare prescription drug plans will be hit with double-digit premium hikes next year if they don't shop ...
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Romney’s plan for Medicare: Important details still in fluxSep 24, 2012 5:26 am - WASHINGTON — Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the bigges...
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Answers about Medicare from the Obama campaignSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — He’ll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you’ll pay higher premiums under...
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Studies more firmly tie sugary drinks to obesitySep 21, 2012 7:00 pm - New research powerfully strengthens the case against soda and other sugary drinks as culprits in the obesity epidemic. A huge, decades-long study involving more than 33...
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Texas hospital plans ‘moonshot’ against cancerSep 21, 2012 8:57 am - The nation’s largest cancer center is launching a massive “moonshot” effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploratio...
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Harper educating new nurses around the worldSep 21, 2012 7:53 am - A visitor came from halfway around the world this week to see the Simulation Hospital facility at Harper College. Linda Kronenberg came to Harper from the Netherlands, w...
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Procter & Gamble adds berry flavor to PrilosecSep 20, 2012 6:43 am - NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble is adding flavoring to a pill that you swallow — a first for the world’s largest consumer products maker. In the biggest change to heartburn ...
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Local hospitals oppose proposed surgical competitorSep 20, 2012 5:30 am - A surgeon who practices at Northwest Community Hospital wants to open a nearly $4 million outpatient center four miles from the main hospital in Arlington Heights, where...