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Bozidar Sicel has been a patient at Touhy Health Center since 1997, when he arrived from Bosnia as a war refugee.

With the population of new refugees dropping in Illinois, Touhy Health Center is scheduled to close

December 12, 2018 at 10:11 a.m.

For 21 years, Bozidar Sicel and his family, war refugees from Bosnia, have leaned on Sinai Health System’s Touhy Health Center in Rogers Park. Even after moving nearly an hour...

Black moms in Illinois 6 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related conditions

December 12, 2018 at 8:48 a.m.

During her pregnancy, “Jasmine,” a black woman in her 20s, went to the emergency room eight times, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report released Thursday. She complained...

Think twice before glamming up your Halloween costume with anything wacky on or near your eyes.

Eye doctors warn about costume contacts ahead of Halloween

December 12, 2018 at 8:00 a.m.

Think twice before glamming up your Halloween costume with anything wacky on or near your eyes. Eye doctors are on guard around Halloween because trick-or-treaters encounter issues with eyes every...

Melania Trump steps out of a car as she arrives at Chierici Palace in Catania, Italy, on May 26, 2017.

Melania Trump’s ‘colonial hat’ re-sparks debate: Does it matter what she wears?

December 12, 2018 at 4:39 a.m.

Since becoming first lady, Melania Trump’s style selections have been questioned on several occasions, most recently after she wore a white pith helmet in Kenya — viewed by some as...

Former Illinois resident Peta Kaplan stayed in this Chicago apartment recently as part of a home exchange. Kaplan now lives in Sri Lanka, where she offers her home in exchanges that let her stay for free in other people's homes.

Home exchanges offer free alternative to hotels — and Chicago’s a hot spot

May 20, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

Imagine getting a free week’s stay in a far-flung location you’ve long wanted to visit — Bali, Sri Lanka, maybe Mozambique. Here’s one way to go about it: Offer up...

Illinois sees sharp rise in medical cannabis applications as cancer patient requests ‘explode’

December 12, 2018 at 3:06 a.m.

During her treatment for breast cancer, Mary Paris couldn’t sleep. Her pain was “horrible,” she said. Until, she said, a doctor explained how medical marijuana might help her. The 60-year-old...

Leesa Drake on The 606 before a morning run Sept. 30, 2018. Drake will run her 102nd marathon Sunday.

No starting-line jitters here. It’s her 102nd marathon — after knee injury and cancer

December 12, 2018 at 3:04 a.m.

Don’t look to Leesa Drake for first-time nerves at the starting line of the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. This isn’t her first, 10th or even 50th. It will be her...

For some, this week's hearing focusing on assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh might resuscitate an experience they hoped to bury.

Harm from a sexual assault can continue for years. The triggers are all around.

December 12, 2018 at 4:09 a.m.

For some, the memory of a sexual assault might be triggered by entering a room with white walls, the scent of a stranger or even his height. For most survivors,...

Why it matters that Weight Watchers pivots toward wellness

December 12, 2018 at 5:33 p.m.

Forget watching your weight. Think bigger. Weight Watchers announced this week that it’s rebranding to make those W’s stand instead for Wellness that Works. In a statement from the company,...

Muppets Bert, left, and Ernie of "Sesame Street."

Former ‘Sesame Street’ writer says he felt Bert and Ernie were gay. Show says they are just ‘best friends’

December 12, 2018 at 5:04 p.m.

Even casual observers of “Sesame Street” have long wondered whether the rumors were true — are Bert and Ernie gay? Former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman said in an interview...

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