Should seniors qualify as living donors?
Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis? There was just one potential obstacle: Brown...
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Fetal test creates options, uncertainty
When Ramona Burton became pregnant with her second child this year, the 37-year-old knew that her age put her baby at an elevated risk for Down syndrome, even though screening...
Fetal test creates options, uncertainty
When Ramona Burton became pregnant with her second child this year, the 37-year-old knew that her age put her baby at an elevated risk for Down syndrome, even though screening...
Fetal test creates options, uncertainty
When Ramona Burton became pregnant with her second child this year, the 37-year-old knew that her age put her baby at an elevated risk for Down syndrome, even though screening...
Government to reduce Medicare funding for hospitals with high readmittance rates
More than 2,000 hospitals, including some nationally recognized ones and 112 in Illinois, will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are readmitted soon...
Government to reduce Medicare funding for hospitals with high readmittance rates
More than 2,000 hospitals, including some nationally recognized ones and 112 in Illinois, will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are readmitted soon...
Gauging quality of care, safety raises questions
Four major Chicago teaching hospitals have landed on a list of institutions whose patients encounter substantially more medical complications than at the average hospital, according to data evaluated by the...
Gauging quality of care, safety raises questions
Four major Chicago teaching hospitals have landed on a list of institutions whose patients encounter substantially more medical complications than at the average hospital, according to data evaluated by the...
Health industry leaders preparing for more cuts after 2012 elections
— As Congress searches feverishly for ways to reduce the federal deficit, budget and policy experts anticipate that Washington will soon face the painful task of finding even more savings....