Articles filed under Health
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Dold’s vote helps protect air, healthOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - I am so very grateful Rep. Bob Dold stood up for clean air by voting against the TRAIN Act. Amid burgeoning House support for industrial smokestacks over public health, ...
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Lutheran General receives grant for children's cancer clinicSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital in Park Ridge Tuesday received a $100,000 grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels to help fund its Children's Cancer Survivorship...
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Doctors rarely pay penalties in kickback casesSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - Two years ago, drugmaker Eli Lilly pleaded guilty to illegally marketing its blockbuster antipsychotic Zyprexa for elderly patients. Lilly paid $1.4 billion in criminal ...
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Suburban hospitals named as “top performers”Sep 15, 2011 12:00 am - Six suburban hospitals are among 18 in Illinois named Wednesday as top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, an Oakbrook Terrace-based group that i...
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Surgical technology helps Indiana operating roomSep 11, 2011 5:05 am - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — After her surgeon broke her spine in four places as part of an eight-hour surgery to fix her scoliosis, Kayla Akujobi gained 2 inches in height. Sin...
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U.S. doctors paid more than overseas peersSep 11, 2011 5:00 am - WASHINGTON -- U.S. doctors earn more than their European, Canadian and Australian counterparts, with American orthopedic surgeons outpacing their peers by a wider margin...
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Holy Family to open Pain Center Sept. 1Aug 26, 2011 12:00 am - From migraines to back aches, chronic pain sufferers can find some relief at Holy Family Medical Center’s new Pain Center, which opens Sept. 1 at the Des Plaines hospita...
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Vicki Santo honors Ron as she learns dogs help diabeticsAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - Vicki Santo had often wondered what she could do to honor her late husband, and just as often she struggled to find the perfect theme that would define his spirit. It's...
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Oakbrook Terrace group urges caution on excess radiationAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - An accrediting group based in Oakbrook Terrace is urging hospitals to find ways to reduce patients’ exposure to repeated radiation doses. In a new alert issued Wednesday...
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VA to buy hospital property for clinic in JolietAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - A hospital emergency room in suburban Chicago will be transformed into an outpatient clinic for veterans. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk announced Wednesday that t...