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Everett Reynolds, a Waukegan artist, paints a mural July 12, 2018, on the Zuniga Automotive Service and Towing building on Belvidere Road. The mural aims to inspire kids "to dream big" and pays tribute to Waukegan native Ray Bradbury.

Is ‘precision medicine’ the answer to cancer? Not precisely

September 19, 2018 at 10:43 a.m.

Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in "precision medicine" in which doctors try to match patients with drugs that target the genetic mutations in...

Poodles typically weigh 40-70 pounds, but their hypoallergenic coat, minimal barking and friendlier-than-average nature make these pooches a good fit for those in rental units.

Older Americans are hooked on vitamins despite scarce evidence they work

December 14, 2018 at 10:54 a.m.

When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary studies in the early 1990s...

Mae Redberg rests in her apartment in Manhattan.

Never too late to operate? Surgery near end of life is common, costly

December 14, 2018 at 3:49 p.m.

At 87, Maxine Stanich cared more about improving the quality of her life than prolonging it. She suffered from a long list of health problems, including heart failure and chronic...

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August 18, 2021 at 5:22 p.m.

Home-sewing contractors and factory workers have few places to turn when it comes to ensuring they are paid fair wages and have decent working conditions. Major retailers don't always check...

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