Abbott drugs in FDA risk reviews
The Food and Drug Administration is taking a look at serious health risks in certain patients taking drugs in the same class as two of Abbott Laboratories' top-selling prescription medications....
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Medical center’s ex-owner is charged
Peter Rogan , the former owner of bankrupt Edgewater Medical Center, has been charged with perjury and trying to obstruct the government's efforts to collect $64 million in civil penalties...
Financial health of doctors group improves
An improving balance sheet and revenue growth at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, one of the nation's largest academic physician practices, earned the doctors group an upgraded rating of its bonds...
Despite taxes, Provena hospital healthy
Despite paying more than $5 million in property taxes, Provena Health's hospital in Urbana is performing better on one key financial measure than the Illinois Catholic health system's five other...
Hospira drug progresses in Europe
The effort to bring cheaper copies of expensive drugs derived from biotechnology to patients in the U.S., stymied in Congress, is moving forward in Europe, where a Lake Forest-based drugmaker...
Children’s at ease with new debt
The $1 billion price tag unveiled last week for the proposed new Children's Memorial Hospital will include about $250 million in new debt to finance the relocation and construction of...
Chronic illnesses exacting stiff price
The nation's hospitals, which are spending more money on developing wellness programs and preventive medicine, released a study this week showing the soaring costs of chronic illness to the workplace....
UAW may use heft to limit costs to retirees
Those who follow the shift of health costs from employers to workers are watching closely to see how long it takes the United Auto Workers to back off from its...
Long-term health of UAW, GM tied to plan
The contract agreement reached between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union early Wednesday turns on a historic plan that is fraught with risk: moving the struggling automaker's $50...
Medical Marts’ retail clinics putting doctors inside stores
The physician-staffed retail clinic model has officially opened its doors in the Chicago area. Medical Marts opened clinics this month in Aurora and St. Charles, with plans to open a...