Health and Fitness
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Greek yogurt popular with adults, but will kids bite?Feb 24, 2013 5:00 am - BOCA RATON, Fla. — Greek yogurt is taking over the dairy aisle, but will kids bite? The question is a critical one for General Mills, which is a dominant player in yogur...
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Future science: Using 3D worlds to visualize dataFeb 23, 2013 7:14 am - Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reali...
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Some patients won’t see nurses of different raceFeb 22, 2013 4:44 pm - DETROIT — It’s been called one of medicine’s “open secrets” — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white ...
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FDA approves targeted breast cancer drugFeb 22, 2013 12:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind breast cancer medication that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones. The drug Kadc...
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Kids can learn healthy habits at Hoffman Estates eventFeb 22, 2013 4:47 am - The Hoffman Estates Park District is hosting an event to introduce healthy habits to kids. “Health-e-Kids” will take place from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, in t...
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Flu shot doing poor job of protecting older peopleFeb 21, 2013 7:44 pm - ATLANTA — It turns out this year’s flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting older people, the most vulnerable age group. The vaccine is proving only 9 pe...
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Illinois Medicaid cuts fall short of projectionsFeb 21, 2013 4:13 pm - Illinois officials say savings from cuts to the state’s Medicaid program have fallen short by $464 million, about 30 percent of the expected $1.6 billion in cuts to the ...
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Huntley woman to climb Hancock for her sisterFeb 21, 2013 12:19 pm - In September, 30-year-old Meghan O’Brien had just moved to Chicago and was excited to start a new teaching job. But just weeks into her school year, she was admitted to...
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Licensing delays could set back doctors-in-trainingFeb 19, 2013 4:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of highly qualified medical students could be absent from Illinois teaching hospitals starting in July because of delays in processing their licen...
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Disabled woman's smartphone reveals glitch for all of usFeb 19, 2013 4:00 am - Growing up with a developmental disability, Carpentersville native Cindy Moore found a home decades ago with the Little City Foundation in Palatine. People at that agenc...