Cindy Dampier – Page 8

Participating in a medical research study allows women to contribute to better medical treatments for all.

Does that medicine work for women? Why signing up for a medical study could be your next feminist move

February 10, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.

You’ve marched in the Women’s March, cheered for women in Congress, grappled with the wide-ranging implications of the MeToo movement, talked with your kids (of both genders) about sexual harassment....

What do Chicagoans wear when the temperature dips to minus 20 degrees? Everything.

Woke up this morning with chapped lips, scratchy limbs and a face that crinkles like tinfoil? You’ve got vortex skin.

January 31, 2019 at 10:23 a.m.

As dangerous cold sweeps across Chicago, you are likely among the well-prepped thousands huddled in your home, hoarding an extra gallon of milk, clutching a down comforter and praying your...

Chicago advertising executive AJ Hassan speaks during a creative meeting at the headquarters of R/GA Chicago on Jan. 11, 2019.

‘Like a Girl’: How a Chicago ad exec used a Super Bowl ad to turn a playground insult on its head

January 30, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

The small girl faces forward into the lights as the camera rolls, chin up, all determination and focus in a fluffy pink sundress. Her eyes are bright. She is missing...

Los abrigos ‘Canada Goose’ son el blanco de una serie de robos

May 13, 2020 at 2:04 a.m.

Con el frío congelante en Chicago en todo su esplendor, es sin duda la temporada ideal para protegerse con un 'Canada Goose', uno de esos abrigos para exploradores del ártico...

People line up outside the Michigan Avenue Canada Goose store on Nov. 23, 2018. Robbers have taken Canada Goose coats from several Chicagoans at gunpoint over the past two weeks.

Canada Goose coats targeted in a string of Chicago robberies

May 12, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

It’s freezing in Chicago, and it’s open season on Canada Goose — not the water birds, the brand of super-warm coats that are ubiquitous on city streets in spite of...

Professional organizer Marie Kondo is bringing her system to a new Netflix show.

Marie Kondo’s on Netflix — but you don’t need her to get organized

January 8, 2019 at 8:38 a.m.

Bright and early Jan. 1, there was a new reality to face. Marie Kondo was in your living room. For the past four years or so, Kondo, a professional organizer...

Millennial parents and snacks for dinner: 8 things we’re looking forward to in 2019

January 4, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

In case you hadn’t noticed yet, I’ll point this out: New years are generally not worth all the hysteria they are supposed to elicit. By the end of the year...

A walk in the woods can pay off in better relationships and better brain functioning.

This is your brain on solitude: Why alone time is what you need, now

December 27, 2018 at 5:01 a.m.

The holidays are full of great moments, if we’re lucky. And one of the greatest is the moment you realize that, yes, it really is all over with. Dinner is...

La falta de cuidado dental adecuado no sólo es una fuente de dolor crónico, sino que puede ser la fuente de deterioro de la salud en general.

Clínica dental para los más vulnerables

December 24, 2018 at 11:33 a.m.

CHICAGO — En una habitación iluminada por el sol, en un pasillo blanco en el Hospital St. Bernard al sur de Chicago, Francine y Rodney Mitchell están esperando. Andy, su...

Dr. Mary Joyce Gomez talks with patient Arshella Henderson of Lansing, following a procedure at St. Bernard Hospital's dental clinic Oct. 16, 2018. Gomez, who heads the clinic, serves a patient population that includes many Medicaid and special needs patients who need general anesthesia to undergo dental procedures.

8 extractions, 23 fillings and a big smile: How a South Side dental clinic is serving Chicago’s most vulnerable patients

December 25, 2018 at 5:14 p.m.

In a sunlit room down a white hallway in St. Bernard Hospital on Chicago’s South Side, Francine and Rodney Mitchell are waiting. Their teenage son, Andy, lies on an operating...

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