Articles filed under Health
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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...
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Wheeling man gets 3 years in erectile pump caseFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An Illinois man was sentenced Friday by a federal judge in Rhode Island to more than three years in prison for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to di...
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Illinois to start Medicaid fraud checks without federal approvalFeb 09, 2012 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn's administration will start combing records for Medicaid fraud despite not having the federal government's approval. The Healthcare and Fam...
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Carpentersville gives boost to employees trying to stay healthyFeb 09, 2012 4:30 am - Carpentersville is so serious about getting its employees fit that it is issuing reimbursements to those who get involved in wellness activities. Tuesday, the village bo...
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Kane County looks ready to support tax breaks for hospitalsFeb 09, 2012 12:00 am - Kane County hospitals hoping to maintain their tax-exempt status will likely receive the support of county board members who believe a property tax smorgasbord isn't wor...
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Something 'fishy' about NWCH pediatrics unitFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - A pair of suburban artists are thinking tropical these days, as in tropical fish. Sharon Lewert of Palatine and Lynn Ward of Arlington Heights are putting finishing touc...
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Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDCFeb 05, 2012 10:00 pm - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In t...
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Illinois Medicaid official sees ‘crisis’Feb 05, 2012 6:45 am - Given the state’s financial predicament, lawmakers will need to consider every possible strategy for cutting the state’s Medicaid budget this year, Illinois Department o...
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Rate of post-injury survival rises in Afghan warFeb 05, 2012 5:09 am - WASHINGTON — There has probably never been a war in which there has been as much on-the-job improvement in the care of the wounded than there has been in the United Stat...