Articles filed under Health
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Looking for a few good boomers to help othersApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Local charities and nonprofits are looking for a few good baby boomers — well, lots of them, actually — to roll up their sleeves to help local schools, soup...
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Travel insurance can ease financial pain of medical emergencyApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - “Insurance is for pessimists” seems to be the attitude of many people planning a vacation overseas. No one wants to dwell on the mishaps that might land you in a foreig...
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Report: Rebates from health care law will top $1BApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama...
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Pay for road builders like health careApr 26, 2012 7:54 pm - With Illinois in the midst of a budget crisis and plans under way to make widespread deep cuts in payments to hospitals, doctors and other health services providers, Gov...
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Delnor cancer center expansion close to city approvalApr 25, 2012 4:21 pm - The Geneva City Council appears poised to approve Cadence Health’s plan to redo the radiation therapy center at Delnor Hospital. Monday night the council, meeting as a c...
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Group says Medicaid cuts could cost Illinois jobsApr 25, 2012 3:58 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Another advocacy group is using the prospect of job losses to oppose Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to cut Medicaid. The Responsible Budget Coalitions says Illinois...
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Save a life, be an organ donorApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - April has been designated “Organ Donation” month, a subject that does not offer a great deal of public awareness. I have been pleased to see the recent commercials appea...
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Local organizations make Latinos comfortable with hospiceApr 24, 2012 11:00 pm - Maria Prieto, in her 39th year of marriage, had to make a decision about her husband's care. He was 86, he had liver failure, and could eat and drink only through feedin...
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Opening Kirchoff exits not the answerApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - Regarding the letter from Cathy Larocca about opening the Kirchoff Road exits at NCH, I am compelled to respond. The issue has nothing to do with area residents wishing ...
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If food is in plastic, what’s in the food?Apr 22, 2012 8:32 am - In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that hadn’t been...