Published: Sept. 25, 2011 @ 8 p.m.
The risk of premature death is twice as high for women as it is for men who sit a lot.
Published: Sept. 23, 2011 @ 11 p.m.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. -- The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting against her skin. Rider Hallenstein draws cartoons of himself as a DeLorean sports car. Rick Alexander finds it unnerving to sit near other people.
Published: Sept. 22, 2011 @ 11 p.m.
Water skiing is a family tradition for Kelly Zoellner, who won her third national championship last month.
Published: Sept. 22, 2011 @ 10 p.m.
Gov. Pat Quinn has ordered state officials not to issue any new rulings that could deny tax-exempt status to nonprofit hospitals, saying he hopes to work with the hospital industry to find a legislative compromise.
Published: Sept. 22, 2011 @ 10 p.m.
Three hospital systems and three physician practices in central Illinois are moving forward with their plan to launch a secure digital exchange of patient information through their formation of the Lincoln Land Health Information Exchange (LLHIE).
Published: Sept. 22, 2011 @ 9 p.m.
Published: Sept. 22, 2011 @ 8 p.m.
CHICAGO -- A university, a hospital and a medical school are teaming up for a new research and academic partnership in the field of nuclear medicine and proton beam therapy.
Published: Sept. 22, 2011 @ 6 p.m.
The state auditor general has a problem with the way admissions were handled at one of Illinois' nursing homes for military veterans.
Published: Sept. 21, 2011 @ 11 p.m.
When Beth Millburg thinks back to the days when she first got braces, the 31-year-old remembers being self-conscious about her appearance.
Published: Sept. 21, 2011 @ 10:30 p.m.
"Dealing with stress" has threatened to become one of those over-used and overwrought phrases that speak to a lack of generational toughness, similar to "burnt out," "not in touch with feelings" and "lacking self-esteem."
