Obamacare and its effect on women’s health
Meg Finnegan thought she might never be able to afford to have a baby. Finnegan, who is self-employed and has a pre-existing medical condition, was having trouble finding health insurance...
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A good reason to get your zzz’s
Not getting a good night's sleep may be a lot more harmful to your health than you thought. Beyond making you tired and cranky, it has been linked to heart...
A good reason to get your zzz’s
Not getting a good night's sleep may be a lot more harmful to your health than you thought. Beyond making you tired and cranky, it has been linked to heart...
’60s abortion activist recalls ‘Jane’
Heather Booth remembers the callers -- scared, guilt-ridden women desperate to end their pregnancies and helpless because they didn't know where to turn. It was the late 1960s, and abortion...
Don’t believe the hereditary hype
"Genetic marker linked to aggressive prostate cancer." "Researchers ID new genes for breast cancer." Such breathless headlines have become almost commonplace in recent months, but what is a lay person...
States craft HPV vaccine bills
Seven months after the U.S. government recommended that all preteen girls be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, at least two dozen states--including Illinois--are struggling to decide how...
Abortion law called legal
Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said Friday that a long-dormant state law that prohibits minors from obtaining an abortion without notifying a parent is constitutional and should be enforced. The...
S. Dakota repeals tough abortion ban
In a contest closely watched across the country, South Dakota voters Tuesday repealed the nation's toughest abortion ban. With nearly all precincts reporting, "no" votes against the ban were at...
S. Dakota repeals tough abortion ban
In a contest closely watched across the country, South Dakota voters Tuesday repealed the nation's toughest abortion ban. "The people of South Dakota understood this ban went too far," said...
Good news for George on cancer
Cardinal Francis George got the good news Monday that his cancer had not spread beyond the bladder and that he will not need radiation or chemotherapy, his doctors said. "Oh,...