Published: Sept. 05, 2010 @ 11 p.m.
Plenty of kids ask their parents for a pony. Practical city folks make excuses related to real estate, but it can't stop a kid from dreaming of riding the dusty cowboy trail or bounding the hills and dales of the countryside.
Published: Sept. 04, 2010 @ 11 p.m.
Hard-working, motivated employees are essential to the success of a company. But because unhappy employees equal unmotivated employees, what can employers and coworkers do to improve overall office health?
Published: Sept. 03, 2010 @ 11 p.m.
With its principles of healthy, balanced living and an awareness of our body's connection to the elements, yoga is a natural fit with sustainability. The discipline of yoga is based in a centuries-old Sanskrit tradition that includes principles like "ahimsa," or "doing no harm."
Published: Sept. 03, 2010 @ 9:14 a.m.
A North Dirksen Parkway storefront that underwent $800,000 in improvements is the home of St. John's Hospital's newest outpatient clinic.
Published: Sept. 03, 2010 @ 9:14 a.m.
Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.
Published: Sept. 03, 2010 @ 9:09 a.m.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois officials are introducing eight new radio announcements to encourage people to prepare for disasters during National Preparedness month in September.
Online:
http://www.Ready.Illinois.gov
Published: Sept. 02, 2010 @ 9 p.m.
DECATUR, Ill. -- Shirley Jones helps the kindergartners at Robertson Charter School put things away in their lockers and get situated at their desks at the beginning of each school day.
Published: Sept. 02, 2010 @ 10:55 a.m.
More than 340 women in the Springfield area are gearing up for Memorial's SportsCare third annual women's biathlon.
Published: Sept. 02, 2010 @ 10:51 a.m.
Students in 188 Illinois schools will get fresh fruits and vegetables to eat this school year.
Published: Sept. 02, 2010 @ 9:26 a.m.
CHICAGO -- Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
Online: JAMA: http://jama.ama-assn.org