Articles filed under Health
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Health insurers to pay $62 million in rebates in IllinoisJun 21, 2012 3:26 pm - The Obama administration announced Thursday that 300,000 Illinoisans will benefit from nearly $62 million in rebates from insurance companies because of the federal heal...
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Wellness Center USA Inc. to acquire Psoria-Shield Inc.Jun 21, 2012 9:22 am - PRNewswire Schaumburg-based health care and nutraceutical company Wellness Center USA Inc. said it signed a share exchange agreement to acquire Psoria-Shield Inc., a Tam...
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Another mayor considers large soda banJun 19, 2012 12:51 pm - Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The mayor of Cambridge has proposed limiting the size of soda and sugar-sweetened beverages sold in city restaurants, saying she was ...
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Millions would remain uninsured even if law passesJun 19, 2012 10:00 am - One of the biggest misconceptions about President Obama's health care overhaul isn't who the law will cover, but rather who it won't. If it survives Supreme court scrut...
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Northwest Community’s chief doctor didn’t have license to practice medicineJun 18, 2012 5:36 pm - Northwest Community Hospital is defending its decision to employ a chief medical officer who was not licensed to practice medicine. Leighton Smith, who served as the Ar...
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Alexian Brothers fights mental illness — and stigma surrounding itJun 18, 2012 9:38 am - After a four-day stay at Northwest Community Hospital, Patti was supposed to be released. She checked herself into the facility when she began feeling adverse side effec...
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Horizon Pharma, Mallinckrodt to co-promote Duexis in U.S.Jun 18, 2012 9:00 am - Deerfield-based Horizon Pharma Inc. and Mallinckrodt LLC said they have entered into a U.S. co-promotion agreement for Horizon's rheumatoid arthritis drug Duexis. “This ...
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3 steps to avoid health care hassles on vacationJun 17, 2012 7:45 am - Five hospitals sit within an easy drive of my Indianapolis home. It’s comforting to know, considering that my wife will deliver our second child in late August. But that...
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FCC may study cellphone radiationJun 15, 2012 8:20 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is seeking to study whether it needs better guidelines to protect people from cellphone radiation, a question it hasn’...
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World Health Organization: Diesel fumes cause cancerJun 12, 2012 11:54 am - LONDON — Diesel exhaust causes cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health t...