Sue Ellen Christian

FOOD FRIGHT Despite renewed popularity of garden-fresh foods, much of what we eat clearly does not fit that definition. According to new federal research, food may cause an estimated 76...

The reasoning of 16-year-old Joe Binder of Lisle is typical of teenagers who opt for a once-obscure variety of Indian cigarettes called "bidis." "If I'm going to inhale noxious fumes,...

It took four years of testing to finally conclude that Timothy Scott, a 6th grader at Herzl Elementary School in Chicago, had a mild learning disability. Two years later, Timothy...

In an attempt to reduce the number of drug-exposed babies born in the U.S., a controversial program that offers cash to drug-addicted women who can prove they were sterilized or...

A judge sentenced right-to-die advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian to 10 to 25 years in prison on Tuesday for the nationally televised death of a terminally ill Michigan man. Oakland County...

For Darolyn Brooks, there was never a question that she would keep in touch with the Winnetka woman who was a foster mother to her son Lee from the day...

At a time when androgyny and gender-bending have become widely accepted across the spectrum of pop culture, it shouldn't shock us that classical music was putting its own spin on...

Each day, 48-year-old Tom Cronin of downtown Chicago flips open his omnipresent blue notebook and jots down whether he ate four vegetables and four fruits. The former stock trader also...

Even as a major national report was issued Wednesday identifying a dramatic underreporting of sexually transmitted diseases across the country, Chicago health officials were holding a conference to grapple with...

As word of a new federal alert circulates that common asthma inhalers may slow children's growth, pediatricians are juggling calls from worried parents and fearing that the precaution may deter...