Bruce Japsen

As part of the quickly emerging trend of retailers jumping into the medical-care business, a Louisville-based company this week opened its first walk-in clinic in Illinois as part of a...

Amid increased scrutiny of smoking in restaurants and bars, the American Medical Association is considering backing federal legislation that would prohibit public smoking in a variety of businesses. The largest...

Hospira Inc.'s launch this week of a new anesthesia-monitoring device could be the first chapter in a local what-might-have-been for suburban rival Baxter International Inc. Lake Forest-based Hospira this week...

The latest phase of the American Medical Association's new marketing campaign tries to enlist patients in the national doctor group's overarching effort to increase membership and showcase the AMA as...

An effort by large employers to offer health benefits to workers who otherwise would not qualify is finally and officially off the ground more than a year after it was...

Baxter International Inc. has signed research agreements with biotech companies in California and England as part of its effort to protect its blood-clotting drug franchise. The Deerfield-based medical products giant...

A Chicago company landed a contract with the federal government to issue credentials to physicians and other medical-care providers offering to assist hurricane-affected areas along the Gulf Coast. The U.S....