‘Debilitating’ brain trauma rampant among NFL players – and league knows it
Q&A with concussion expert Chris Nowinski By Tolly Taylor On what would be the last night of Chris Nowinski’s career in the WWE, he stood up on his hotel bed in the middle of the night, still asleep. The movement woke his then-girlfriend, who tried to pull him down but couldn’t. Nowinski then jumped head […]
Orchid show blooms away winter chill
By Madison Hopkins About 28,000 people will step out Chicago’s freezing winter and into a tropical paradise of 10,000 flowers at the third annual Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. That’s the expectation if this year’s show compares with the previous popularity of the crowd-drawing event. And program organizers are presenting special […]
Hospitalization due to diabetes on the rise on South and West sides
By Talia Beechick Hospitalization due to diabetes is on the rise on Chicago’s South and West sides, according to newly released data from the Chicago Public Health Department. Altgeld Gardens and Hegewisch saw the highest increase, with only 20 hospitalizations due to diabetes in 2000, and 139 by 2011, according to the data, the most […]
Picking the perfect painkiller
By Valerie Lapointe Open any medicine cabinet in any bathroom and you are likely to find some form of ibuprofen, aspirin or acetaminophen. These generic NASIDs (Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) act as painkillers, fever reducers, and are a first line of defense in curing general aches and pains. They can be found in many over the […]
Gladiators go glam
By Caley Chelios Olympic skeleton racer Katie Uhlaendar, 31, flies 80 mph head first on a 37-inch sled down frozen tracks. She is a glamorous girl on fire, with an aerodynamic speed suit on her body and lash extensions, red hair extensions and Mac lip liner under her helmet. For World Cup competitions in Austria […]
Wildkits honor fallen teammate on Senior Night
by Julia Cardi Tiffany Rice cherishes the smallest details about her son, Dajae Coleman. She remembers how his impressions of Stewie Griffin from “Family Guy” would bring her to laughter no matter her mood. “That’s what made him Dae,” said Rice, laughing again at the memory. “He had this good sense of humor that he […]
Art detectives find the faded colors in Van Gogh’s masterpiece
By Kevin Stark and Tim Rosenberger Vincent Van Gogh’s famous paintings of his bedroom used to have purple walls and, like detectives, scientists Francesca Casadio and Marc Walton have the evidence to prove it. How can the artist’s paint serve as physical evidence of the world in which it was originally applied so long ago? […]
A vaccine for drug addiction is in the works
By Danielle Prieur Treating drug addiction with a vaccine might become a solution to combat prescription drug and heroin addiction and the rapid rise in overdose deaths. A vaccine, which has undergone tests in animal subjects so far, holds promise, said Dr. William Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The vaccine […]
Medical Experts Fail to Agree on Mammogram Guidelines
By Stephanie Golden Women remain confused about mammograms as leading medical organizations failed to reach a consensus this week. “Given the differences among current organizational recommendations on breast cancer screening, we recognize that there may be confusion among women about when they should begin screening for breast cancer,” said Dr. Mark DeFrancesco, president of the […]
Inside Syria: Trapped on the frontlines of war
By Neil Murthy What is life like for the thousands of Syrians who have not left their country but are displaced at camps on the fringes of their own borders? As the Syrian civil war enters its fifth year, the devastation in the country continues to escalate a humanitarian crisis with the largest displacement of […]