Hand-poked body art is going mainstream, worrying health experts
About this time last year Madie Ley did something daring. Or foolish depending on whom you ask. She lay on a couch while a friend gently stuck a sewing needle...
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Hot air: The newest way to treat lice catches on
It was the first day of school, and Mallory, a Twin Cities teacher, had a problem. A lice problem. Because of it, she couldn't go to work. Desperate to get...
Does the essential-oil trend pass the smell test?
The memory of the woozy woman slumped in her wheelchair still gets to Sandy McGurran, coordinator of integrative therapies for Fairview Homecare and Hospice. McGurran was doing a home visit...
This is how far your sneeze germs can travel
We all do it. Some of us do it quite loudly. Others do it not once, but several times in a row. Sneezes are everywhere these days, during this, the...
FROM HALLS OF IVY, SEEDS OF ANGER
Like other medical researchers in his obscure specialty relating to the workings of the inner ear, Illinois surgeon Dr. Leonard Rybak had heard about the 1987 dispute at the University...
SUSPECT IN NU PROFESSOR’S SHOOTING KILLS HIMSELF
A man believed to be the former researcher who shot and wounded a Northwestern University professor killed himself Friday in Minneapolis, authorities said. University of Minnesota police said the man,...
NU PROFESSOR SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
A world-renowned researcher at Northwestern University was shot and seriously wounded in a university parking lot Thursday and a former assistant known to have carried a longtime grudge against him...
SPRAY-PAINT SELLERS AGAINST A WALL
Bill LeDonne's family has owned the Ace Hardware store at 3310 N. Central Ave. for more than 30 years, and until now he's usually been able to figure out the...