Bruce Japsen

A Lake Forest drugmaker might have been less agreeable to such a large settlement for its role in a health-care fraud scheme if it hadn't been for the timing of...

Advocate Health Care will invest nearly $30 million in facility renovations and clinical and quality system upgrades at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center as part of a turnaround plan for...

Abbott Laboratories will soon join the parade of pharmaceutical companies turning to direct-to-consumer television advertising to sell their drugs. The North Chicago-based medical products giant confirmed that this summer it...

A health insurance industry proposal to require poor patients in Illinois to join HMOs is barely off the ground and it's already running into problems. Some of the state's largest...

Consumers looking to improve their health with dietary supplements such as St. John's wort and kava may soon know whether they're getting what they pay for. Following a dramatic increase...

The much-anticipated consolidation of hospitals on Chicago's Near South Side may be near as talks escalate among potential buyers of Michael Reese Hospital and Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. Reese,...

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday there is no evidence that Baxter International Inc.'s bags for storing blood caused the mysterious white particles detected recently in donations from southeastern...

Insurance company business practices, not larger jury awards, are largely to blame for soaring medical malpractice premiums in Illinois, a national consumer group said in a study released Wednesday. Americans...

Abbott Laboratories, maker of popular nutritional supplements for babies and the elderly, this spring will launch a product specifically for cancer patients. Abbott's ProSure nutritional supplement is designed to help...

Hospitals are bracing for a one-day strike by Illinois physicians planning to protest high malpractice premiums later this month. Although it's unclear exactly how many doctors will participate in the...