
Cutting the wheat from the chaff: truths behind gluten free
By Jamie Friedlander After spending six weeks in Guanajuato, Mexico in 2006, I returned home incredibly sick. I had sallow skin, dark circles under my

By Jamie Friedlander After spending six weeks in Guanajuato, Mexico in 2006, I returned home incredibly sick. I had sallow skin, dark circles under my

By Dawnn Anderson A recent health survey revealed a significant number of the HIV workforce is ill-informed about the virus. Of the 135 AIDS workers

By Dani Anguiano Several health care professionals have said that a recently released CDC report, which revealed that on average, six people die from alcohol

By Siyao Long Paradise 4 Paws, a Chicago-based pet resort, offers Spot or Kitty massage therapy with handmade scents at $27 for 15 minutes and

By Siyao Long While snow salt does its job, some people worry about the lingering pollution of the white residue it leaves behind. The salt

By Priyam Vora “I just wanted to look pretty. I wanted to be accepted. I wanted to be thin.” These are 26-years-old Ashley Ice’s words

By Sarah Kramer and Lizz Giordano Residents of Chicago’s 10th Ward voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ban the storage of petroleum coke, a byproduct of

By Jennifer Leonard Chicago is the first city – not only in the United States but in North America – to own an electric refuse

By Bryce Gray Chicago railroads are teeming with activity, routing 1,300 trains daily. Travelers fill 800 passenger trains, while another 500 haul freight cars filled with corn from Iowa,

By Katherine Dempsey Tina has only gotten her period once during college. The 21-year-old runner at a Big Ten university remembers seldom menstruating in high