Chicago school officials plan to ditch doughnuts, Pop-Tarts By Monica Eng June 18, 2018 at 10:56 p.m. Chicago public schools plan to ditch their daily nacho service in high school and get...
Student food fight brewing By Monica Eng June 16, 2018 at 8:34 p.m. When school officials defend serving a daily menu of nachos, pizza, burgers and fries, they...
Bill would define tire burning as renewable energy By Michael Hawthorne December 23, 2018 at 2:08 p.m. With just five words quietly slipped into legislation, Illinois lawmakers are moving to include tire...
Sleep: Rare, and colorblind By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz June 17, 2018 at 7:26 p.m. Sleep deprivation, it turns out, is colorblind. The National Sleep Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit...
Grab a chair for crunches By Karen Voight June 17, 2018 at 8:03 p.m. Have you ever thought of using a folding chair when performing abdominal crunches? Try it....
Should I be tested for vitamin D? By Joe Graedon June 19, 2018 at 8:50 a.m. Q: It seems living in the Pacific Northwest is a health hazard due to lack...
Study finds elevated rates of cancer in Crestwood By Michael Hawthorne June 18, 2018 at 11:01 p.m. Cancer rates are "significantly elevated" in Crestwood, according to a new state report that focuses...
Sugar shockers By Julie Deardorff June 17, 2018 at 8:33 p.m. Sugar has been blamed for a laundry list of health problems, including obesity and diabetes....
Dissecting Defibrillators By Holly Selby June 18, 2018 at 2:00 a.m. Since 1980, when a physician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital first implanted a defibrillator in...