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Half of kids experience trauma, new report says. Chicago teacher and Diana Rauner offer ideas on how to help.

December 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Nearly half of children nationwide experience at least one traumatic event before they reach age 17. That’s according to a recently released report examining trauma among children from the federal...

Princess Estelle, Duchess of Ostergotland, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Oscar, Duke of Skane, leave the chapel after the 2017 christening of Sweden's Prince Gabriel in Stockholm.

Chicago women’s breast imprints part of River North art exhibit

December 13, 2018 at 8:43 a.m.

Sixty breasts imprinted in paint will be displayed as part of a celebration of female empowerment this week in a River North art installation. The imprints, from 30 Chicago women...

Bill to require hospitals to make trained providers available for sex assault patients passes Illinois House

December 14, 2018 at 1:24 p.m.

A bill that would require hospitals to change how they treat sexual assault patients passed the Illinois House on Friday. The proposed legislation requires that by 2021, Illinois hospitals that...

New proposed timeline wants hospitals to train nurses in sexual assault care even sooner

December 14, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

Illinois hospitals cannot train enough nurses to meet requirements of a new amendment to proposed state legislation seeking to improve treatment for sexual assault patients, a group that represents hospitals...

School of the Art Institute students to show how art combats loneliness on ‘Today’ show

December 14, 2018 at 12:46 p.m.

Beginning college can be a difficult experience. It's the first time many teenagers are living on their own. Some are nervous about making new friends and adjusting to new spaces....

LaTasha Unseld, of Schaumburg, is a survivor of domestic violence who believes injuries she sustained may have caused permanent damage to her brain.

Research on NFL players’ brains might help survivors of domestic violence in Chicago

August 19, 2019 at 3:52 a.m.

LaTasha Unseld was nervous, but she wanted to read the 5,283 words she'd written. And she would not let her headache stop her. After all, as she told the court,...

Where do you fall on the spectrum of "definite morning type" to "definite evening type"? It might be a clue about your mortality.

Night owls might face more health issues and early death compared with early risers

August 19, 2019 at 3:53 a.m.

Bad news, night owls. Evening types have a 10 percent higher risk of dying than those up and at 'em in the morning, according to a new study from Northwestern...

Poodles typically weigh 40-70 pounds, but their hypoallergenic coat, minimal barking and friendlier-than-average nature make these pooches a good fit for those in rental units.

Specialized treatment of sexual assault patients would be mandated by new bill

December 14, 2018 at 10:49 a.m.

Illinois legislators advanced a bill Tuesday that would require that hospitals provide a specially trained medical provider to treat sexual assault patients. Nurses would be trained to collect evidence from...

Giving Chicago juveniles in detention a glimpse of a different future

December 14, 2018 at 10:36 a.m.

A cosmetologist. A pediatrician. An anesthesiologist. A computer engineer. Maybe choose two, one teen suggested. All were potential careers mentioned by teenagers over lunch at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary...

Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a press conference on April 4, 2018, along with female legislators, sexual assault nurse examiners and advocates for sexual assault survivors.

Lisa Madigan pushes for bill to require training before treating sexual assault patients

December 14, 2018 at 10:02 a.m.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan called on legislators Wednesday to require that state hospitals have a trained medical provider available to treat sexual assault patients. “After years of unwillingness and delay,...

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