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CDC reports an ‘epidemic of multiple pregnancies’

December 23, 2018 at 9:11 p.m.

For more than a year, Cristy Hefner and her husband tried unsuccessfully to conceive on their own. The year after that was filled with tests, infertility treatments and tears for...

Doctors defend prostate screening

August 19, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

For most of the last decade, Ronald Vari watched helplessly as his PSA level steadily rose, all too aware that the pattern could be a sign of prostate cancer. Yet...

Doctors defend prostate screening

May 13, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

For most of the last decade, Ronald Vari watched helplessly as his PSA level steadily rose, all too aware that the pattern could be a sign of prostate cancer. Yet...

Dr. Rahul Khare, an emergency medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, says, "There's not a shift that goes by when I don't see a patient who said, 'I looked this up (on the Internet), and I'm worried about this.'"

‘Cyberchondria’ gives doctors a pain

August 19, 2019 at 1:34 a.m.

As a family practitioner in Naperville, Dr. Sheron Brown is used to referring her patients to specialists. She's less accustomed to patients informing her that they need a referral. But...

‘Cyberchondria’ gives doctors a pain

May 13, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

As a family practitioner in Naperville, Dr. Sheron Brown is used to referring her patients to specialists. She's less accustomed to patients informing her that they need a referral. But...

Is it the potatoes or the sauce and grease on the potatoes that makes them unhealthy?

Experts defend bashed potato

August 19, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Potatoes have taken a mashing lately, being blamed over other foods for people's long-term weight gain and possibly being limited in favor of other vegetables for school lunches. The very...

Experts defend bashed potato

August 23, 2021 at 12:59 a.m.

Potatoes have taken a mashing lately, being blamed over other foods for people's long-term weight gain and possibly being limited in favor of other vegetables for school lunches. The very...

Experts defend bashed potato

May 13, 2019 at 4:47 p.m.

Potatoes have taken a mashing lately, being blamed over other foods for people's long-term weight gain and possibly being limited in favor of other vegetables for school lunches. The very...

With whooping cough cases up, doctors stress booster vaccine

August 19, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

Cases of pertussis, a contagious disease that can be deadly for babies, is on the rise across all age groups in the United States because many adolescents and adults don't...

With whooping cough cases up, doctors stress booster vaccine

May 13, 2019 at 4:47 p.m.

Cases of pertussis, a contagious disease that can be deadly for babies, is on the rise across all age groups in the United States because many adolescents and adults don't...

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