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Experts: Public sharing of child’s illnesses, death can be therapeutic

August 18, 2019 at 7:35 p.m.

For some parents, news of a child's life-threatening illness means first, you cry, then you turn to social media. The public death of Emily Beazley, the 12-year-old girl from Chicago's...

For those who have lost a mother, Mother's Day -- and the reminders of common gifts given on the holiday -- can be a difficult holiday.

Mother’s Day can still be special for those who’ve lost mom

August 18, 2019 at 7:27 p.m.

That first year after my mom died, I dreaded Mother's Day. For weeks, I carefully avoided florists, shopping malls and candy stores, where chocolate almond clusters — her favorite —...

Community Counseling Centers of Chicago asks for $1 million to halt closure

May 22, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

News that Community Counseling Centers of Chicago plans to close at the end of May prompted concern Monday from other mental health service providers worried about serving so many more...

Laura Wylie, of Oak Park, wrestled with whether she should stop taking antidepressants during her pregnancy with daughter Matilda.

FDA aims to dispel ‘myth of the medication-free pregnancy’

August 18, 2019 at 7:21 p.m.

When Laura Wylie became pregnant for the second time, she confronted a vexing dilemma: Stay on the antidepressants that could have adverse effects on her developing baby or risk descending...

Sergio Da Silva (left) and Armindo Goncalves are foreign students from Timor-Leste, a tiny country in the South Pacific, studying agriculture.

Community colleges commit to more overseas students

August 18, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

Despite the fact that they don't play football, basketball or soccer, Sergio da Silva and Armindo Goncalves were hotly recruited by Joliet Junior College. The two young men arrived on...

Chicago doctors praise Jolie’s decision to undergo more preventive surgery

August 18, 2019 at 7:02 p.m.

Angelina Jolie Pitt's announcement Tuesday that she had more preventive surgery to reduce her risk of developing cancer was applauded by Chicago area physicians and advocates. Writing in the New...

Medical resident Kaiyti Duffy examines patient Humbertina Sanchez at Erie Family Health Center in Chicago on March 11, 2015. Duffy says the job, while less lucrative others in medicine, is ideal for her. "I wanted to serve the urban poor," she said.

Funding crunch puts doctor pipeline in jeopardy

August 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Weary mothers with toddlers, weathered laborers and elderly folks hunched over walkers all jostled for position, filling almost every available seat in the nondescript waiting room at the Erie Family...

Music lights up the brain for longtime musician with Alzheimer’s

August 18, 2019 at 6:52 p.m.

For more than 60 years, Bert Rose was a celebrated pianist, who played at numerous benefits and weddings — including the Sharon Percy/Jay Rockefeller nuptials — and accompanied Ann-Margret, Debbie...

Kyle Korver of the Atlanta Hawks blocks a shot by Jonas Valanciunas of the Toronto Raptors at Philips Arena in Atlanta on Feb. 20, 2015.

Make rejections your rocket fuel

August 18, 2019 at 6:48 p.m.

Dear Carnegie Mellon applicants, You must have woken up wondering if this week was all a bad dream. And who can blame you? First, on Monday, you were welcomed to...

Measles diagnoses have been associated with KinderCare Learning Center on East Palatine Road in Palatine.

Five measles victims OK to return to Palatine day care

August 18, 2019 at 6:45 p.m.

Five children diagnosed with measles are no longer contagious and have been cleared to return to their Palatine day care center, said a company spokeswoman. Colleen Moran, a spokeswoman for...

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