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Understanding the changes to Medicare’s supplemental policies

May 13, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Understanding the changes to Medicare's supplemental policies Important changes to Medicare supplemental policies — also known as Medigap plans — took effect in June. Millions of older Americans buy the...

Government moves to oversee at-home genetic tests

August 23, 2019 at 7:47 a.m.

During a stay at a resort two years ago, Carol Arand bought $4,000 in genetic tests after a spa physician praised their potential to improve her health. If ever she...

Regular hearing and vision tests are important as we age. Impaired sight and sound can cause the elderly to withdraw from family and friends.

Senseless deprivation

August 19, 2019 at 1:11 a.m.

As people age, the senses through which they come to know the world often deteriorate, altering what they can see and hear. In turn, that changes how older people function...

Senseless deprivation

May 13, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

As people age, the senses through which they come to know the world often deteriorate, altering what they can see and hear. In turn, that changes how older people function...

Illinois lags some states in combating hospital-acquired infections

June 16, 2018 at 9:04 a.m.

Illinois hospitals are succeeding in curbing bloodstream infections from catheters, but their efforts lag several other states, according to a new report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control...

Senseless deprivation

May 13, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

As people age, the senses through which they come to know the world often deteriorate, altering what they can see and hear. In turn, that changes how older people function...

Illinois lags some states in combating hospital-acquired infections

May 13, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

Illinois hospitals are succeeding in curbing bloodstream infections from catheters, but their efforts lag several other states, according to a new report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control...

Tracking hospital infections

June 16, 2018 at 7:45 a.m.

Ten years ago, Dr. Bob Chase would have laughed if someone had told him common infections could be eliminated in hospitals' intensive care units. "I would have said that's ridiculous,...

Tracking hospital infections

May 13, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Ten years ago, Dr. Bob Chase would have laughed if someone had told him common infections could be eliminated in hospitals' intensive care units. "I would have said that's ridiculous,...

Tracking hospital infections

May 13, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

Ten years ago, Dr. Bob Chase would have laughed if someone had told him common infections could be eliminated in hospitals' intensive care units. "I would have said that's ridiculous,...

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