Medicare fraud-busters target Chicago
Day after day, the delivery trucks arrived at the building on Chicago's North Side, bringing walkers, hospital beds and wheelchairs to residents. But there was a problem: Most of the...
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Considering hormone replacement therapy?
In the past several years, many doctors have advanced the notion that it's safest to start hormone therapy soon after menopause, when women are most eager to find relief from...
Drowned in corn: Grain bin deaths hit record
The three young workers sank into a funnel of corn that pulled them down like quicksand toward the bottom of the giant grain bin. Wyatt Whitebread, 14, started screaming as...
Probert results come at sensitive time for NHL
Even after his death, leave it to Bob Probert to get one last lick in, this time in a growing melee over head injuries and their lasting impact on the...
Stemming falls
As we age, our risk of falling increases. Our feet may catch on a well-worn rug or we may miss a step going downstairs to the kitchen at night. We...
Undocumented worker who became quadriplegic is moved to Mexico against his will
For almost four months, doctors and nurses at Advocate Christ Medical Center cared for the young Mexican laborer who had fallen from a roof and lost the ability to speak,...
Undocumented worker who became quadriplegic is moved to Mexico against his will
For almost four months, doctors and nurses at Advocate Christ Medical Center cared for the young Mexican laborer who had fallen from a roof and lost the ability to speak,...
Medicare’s policy on therapy comes under attack
The federal government is illegally denying thousands of chronically ill Americans needed therapies and medical services, five national organizations charged Tuesday in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in...
Medicare’s policy on therapy comes under attack
The federal government is illegally denying thousands of chronically ill Americans needed therapies and medical services, five national organizations charged Tuesday in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in...
Illinois expands options for uninsured residents with pre-existing medical conditions
Illinois has expanded insurance options for people with pre-existing medical conditions, advancing the state's efforts to implement national health reforms passed last year. The Illinois Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, called...