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Lawsuits have blamed AbbVie's AndroGel for causing heart attacks in men who used the gel. Men across the country have filed nearly 7,000 lawsuits claiming injury from testosterone replacement drugs, 4,500 of them involving AndroGel.

AbbVie ordered to pay $3.2 million after retrial of lawsuit claiming low-testosterone drug AndroGel caused heart attack

December 14, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.

A federal jury on Monday ordered AbbVie to pay $3.2 million to an Oregon man who claims the testosterone replacement drug AndroGel caused him to suffer a heart attack, a...

Mila Grossman, 29, of the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, opens her letter with her fiance, Rohan Agarwal, at a Match Day event on the University of Chicago campus in Chicago on March 16, 2018.

More people are seeking out mental health care, but psychiatrists are in short supply: ‘It’s getting worse’

December 14, 2018 at 5:16 p.m.

Medical student Mila Grossman had just begun her first clinical rotation when she started to get an idea of what kind of doctor she wanted to be. Working at a...

Life Source workers; Claudia Illescas of Vernon Hills (left) and Anthony Bonner of Elgin (right), prepare blood drawing tools and blood bags during a blood drive in Vernon Hills. Illinois' unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in February as the state set a new record for total jobs.

Illinois payrolls set record in February, as unemployment dipped to 4.7 percent

December 14, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

Illinois’ unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in February as the state set a new record for total jobs. The 15,200 jobs added to employer payrolls last month pushed the...

University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago plans to create more private patient rooms by discontinuing its physical rehabilitation division, which has seen declining use over the past few years.

UIC hospital to close physical rehab unit to make room for more private hospital beds

December 14, 2018 at 4:34 p.m.

University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago plans to create more private patient rooms by discontinuing its physical rehabilitation division, which has seen declining use over the past few years. The...

Joanne Guthrie-Gard, right, helps her 26-year-old daughter Erin prepare a dinner in their home March 13, 2018 in Lake in the Hills. Erin, who has epilepsy, is doing well now, on the right medication.

Her daughter’s epilepsy was under control, but then their insurer stopped covering the drug: ‘It’s devastating.’

December 14, 2018 at 3:59 p.m.

It took four years for Joanne Guthrie-Gard to find the right seizure medication for her daughter, whose epilepsy, during the worst of it, caused her to have 20 seizures a...

Workers place a large window pane onto the nine-story Central Campus Health Center near Stroger Hospital, Revisions to state employment data show that Illinois payrolls hit 6.07 million jobs last June, surpassing their prior peak in September 2000.

Illinois job growth hit new high last summer, revised data show

December 14, 2018 at 3:29 p.m.

It turns out Illinois’ job growth has not been so sluggish after all. Revisions to state employment data show that Illinois payrolls hit 6.07 million jobs last June, surpassing their...

Michael Englehart, president and CEO of Presence Health, announced that he is stepping down a week after the Catholic health system became part of Amita Health.

Presence Health CEO resigns a week after Amita merger

December 14, 2018 at 2:59 p.m.

Michael Englehart announced he is stepping down as president and CEO of Presence Health a week after the Catholic health system became part of Amita Health. Englehart, who took the...

Abbott Laboratories' 15 millimeter heart valve allows doctors to treat babies in need of a mitral or aortic valve replacement.

FDA approves world’s smallest mechanical heart valve, made by Abbott, for use in infants and toddlers

December 14, 2018 at 2:58 p.m.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s smallest mechanical heart valve, the first designed to fit newborns' and infants’ tiny bodies. The valve, which is the size of...

A sign marks the emergency room entrance at University of Chicago Medical Center. Illinois emergency rooms experienced a 66 percent jump in opioid overdose visits last year, according to a new report.

Illinois emergency rooms see 66 percent spike in opioid overdose visits: report

December 14, 2018 at 2:38 p.m.

Illinois emergency rooms experienced a 66 percent jump in opioid overdose visits last year, according to a new report that suggests the epidemic of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse continues...

Terri Oesterle visits the grave of her daughter Chelsea at the Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel and Parkview Cemetery in Peoria on Feb. 27, 2018. Chelsea died in 2013 after her liver failed. She didn't qualify for the liver transplant list due to alcohol abuse.

A mom watched her daughter, 24, die from alcoholism. Now, hospitals are rethinking liver transplants for these patients

December 14, 2018 at 2:14 p.m.

Since losing her daughter five years ago, Terri Oesterle has been speaking out about the challenges she endured. She speaks about her daughter’s alcohol addiction, the bullying she experienced, and...

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