Bonnie Miller Rubin

Colleges grow their waitlists, leaving more students in limbo

December 24, 2018 at 12:52 a.m.

After months in limbo, Morgan Lundblad recently opened her long-awaited email from Harvard University to find only more uncertainty. She had been wait-listed. The senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School had...

Q&A on fertility with Dr. Pasquale Patrizio

August 19, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

In an age of assisted reproductive technology, can you rewind the biological clock? Not as much as you think, say Yale researchers in a study published in a recent issue...

Q&A on fertility with Dr. Pasquale Patrizio

May 13, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

In an age of assisted reproductive technology, can you rewind the biological clock? Not as much as you think, say Yale researchers in a study published in a recent issue...

A 1973 ‘gal’ sports reporter looks back at the era’s journalistic hurdles

December 24, 2018 at 12:09 a.m.

Back in 1973, I started my newspaper career as the first "gal" sports reporter in Davenport, Iowa. Introducing me to readers, the editor announced that a "pert young miss" would...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

August 19, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

It has been two years since a Tennessee mom sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia with a note that read: "I no longer wish to parent this child."...

Schools weigh merits, costs of all-day kindergarten

December 23, 2018 at 10:33 p.m.

Lisa Olson was relaxing poolside on a family vacation when her cellphone started vibrating incessantly, disrupting the calm. The frantic calls came from friends and neighbors in Mokena, irate about...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

May 13, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

It has been two years since a Tennessee mom sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia with a note that read: "I no longer wish to parent this child."...

Dr. Howard Kaufman on aspirin and cancer

August 19, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

According to studies published last week in The Lancet, taking a daily dose of aspirin can reduce the risk of cancer. The new studies, led by Peter Rothwell of Britain's...

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Colleges grow their waitlists, leaving more students in limbo

Q&A on fertility with Dr. Pasquale Patrizio

Q&A on fertility with Dr. Pasquale Patrizio

A 1973 ‘gal’ sports reporter looks back at the era’s journalistic hurdles

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Schools weigh merits, costs of all-day kindergarten

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

More patients with routine dental problems turn to hospital emergency rooms

More patients with routine dental problems turn to hospital emergency rooms

Dr. Howard Kaufman on aspirin and cancer