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Stomach-shrinking surgery has pros, cons

Q: I’m 100 pounds overweight, and I’ve never had any luck losing weight. Now I’ve got diabetes. Do you think bariatric surgery is a smart way to go? — Gary F. Read More

Roche full-year profit up 7 pct to 9.5B francs

Severin Schwan
Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said Wednesday its full-year net profit rose 7 percent to 9.54 billion Swiss francs ($10.35 billion) in 2011, de Read More

Health insurer Aetna's 4Q profit jumps 73 percent

Health insurer Aetna Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income jumped 73 percent, as it continued to benefit from low use of health care and some key expen Read More

SPOTLIGHT: Arlington Heights woman helps kids

Felicia Reinhard
Five-year-old Benny Watters was a little wary of the strange girl with a camera in tow. Read More



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