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Illinois urged to investigate doctors with tainted records
Six years ago, Oklahoma took away the medical license of a physician over sexual misconduct. A managed care organization in that state took emergency action to suspend the doctor's clinical privileges, and New York also revoked the doctor's license to...Tags: General Practitioners, Sex Crimes, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mom makes agonizing decision, turns her daughter in
When Carla Clark's cellphone rang, she assumed the news was bad. The phone number displayed on the caller ID belonged to the probation officer for her daughter, Melissa.
It was the last Tuesday of December, the day Melissa was scheduled to be taken...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Tribune, Heroin
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Long-term care: Think about it while you're young, experts say
Living at home is no longer a safe option for Anna Vitko, who has been in and out of the hospital at least six times since June.
She's unsteady on her feet and has battled numerous health problems, including diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic...Tags: Nursing Homes, Alzheimer's Disease, Physical Conditions, Chicago Tribune, COPD
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New data on poverty in Connecticut shows more bad news
Here's a chilling indicator of how nasty Connecticut's recession has been: the number of people living in poverty in the past three years increased in Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Shelton, Stamford, Wethersfield and Windham. That's according to a new...Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Stamford, Social Issues, West Hartford
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Activists question city's plan for mental health centers
At one time, Florencia Cano was so depressed her younger sister would put food in her mouth to coax her to eat.
Eight years later, she is determined to stop the closing of the North Side mental health center where she received the counseling she...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia University, Chicago Tribune
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Clown-O-Meter: "I don't sell drugs, I buy drugs"
-The tightfisted state budget enacted by Gov. Dannel Malloy last spring has meant an official portrait of his predecessor, M. Jodi Rell, has yet to grace the state library in Hartford. The Stamford Advocate found that Connecticut still pays up to $40,...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, John Rowland, Dannel P. Malloy , Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Ray Neal performs at Huntington Street Cafe in Shelton on March 30
Ray Neal is a Connecticut music legend. Alongside Mark Mulcahy, Neal wrote songs and played guitar in Miracle Legion, producing some of the best recorded sounds ever to come out of the Nutmeg State. They were indie rock legends back when it was still...
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Theft of veterans' plaques (sad but true) could be federal crime
Nation NowVeterans memorials: Responding to a rash of thefts of plaques from veterans memorials, Congressman Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has introduced legislation to make the theft a federal crime.... -
Specialty dental care remains out of reach for many poor Illinois children
A smile revealing rows of healthy white teeth spreads across 8-year-old Maria McCarthy's face.
Confident and poised, the Skokie girl smiles easily. But five years ago, when she arrived as a foster child at the home of Michael and Ana McCarthy, her baby...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Loyola University Maryland, Chicago Tribune, Pediatrics, Chicago
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Clown-O-Meter: 9/1/11
Justice is served: Michael Andes allegedly parked his car in a handicapped space in Shelton without a handicapped permit and called the police to report it, apparently to show that they were not enforcing parking laws. He reportedly called the...Tags: Middletown, Quentin Tarantino, New Britain, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Cher
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Drug companies pay $25 million to Illinois doctors
At least three dozen doctors in Illinois received payments and perks exceeding $100,000 from drug companies between 2009 and early 2011, according to an updated database that now includes information from a dozen pharmaceutical firms.
Doctors in the...Tags: Gainesville, Media Industry, Birmingham , Hospitals and Clinics, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon)
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Family Sues State Over Fairness Of Retroactive Estate-Tax Hike
The Hartford CourantWhen wealthy developer Monty Blakeman died in April, his heirs knew they would inherit his multimillion-dollar estate. What they didn't know was that the state legislature on May 4 — only 11 days after Blakeman's death — would increase the...Tags: Trials, Regional Authority, Prague (Czech Republic), Connecticut River, File Sharing
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