Articles filed under Health
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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...
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Starbucks picks Africa rooibos in $23 billion tea marketApr 22, 2012 5:35 am - Business is brisk these days for the 600 or so growers of rooibos, a caffeine-free herbal tea unique to South Africa’s Western Cape province whose clients include Starbu...
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Abbott laser gets FDA clearanceApr 20, 2012 10:00 am - Libetyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser, used to create bo...
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What parents need to know about kids and concussionsApr 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Maribel Piccinini, the mother of 16-year-old Conant High School football player Troy Piccinini, knows well the risks associated with pediatric concussion. She's navigate...
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Legislative committee can’t agree on Medicaid cutsApr 18, 2012 3:55 pm - A bipartisan group tasked with cutting the state’s Medicaid budget by $2.7 billion failed to come up with a plan by a deadline this week and now Gov. Pat Quinn intends t...
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Fashion show to fund healing garden at ProvenaApr 18, 2012 12:54 pm - The Provena St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary’s fashion show this year is one full of milestones. The hospital is in its 110th year, this is the 65th fashion show and the 40...