HANGOVER BE GONE–OR NOT
A quick online search for hangover relief will turn up a number of supplements and herbal remedies that claim to ease your pain. There's Sober X, the "hangover-free topical patch";...
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Anatomy of a hangover
What happens to your body when you drink too much? Alcohol is a toxin, hence the term "intoxication" to describe being drunk, said Dr. Henry Kranzler of the University of...
Juiced for Indian mangoes
It's mango season in India, and the vendor pushcarts are overflowing with colorful mounds of this nation's juicy and wildly diverse "king of fruit." There's the Alphonso, a small, yellow...
Residents group wants empty lots used for affordable housing
In Bronzeville, a building boom is going on, and upscale new condominiums are sprouting up on blocks dotted with vacant lots. Some residents in the South Side neighborhood have their...
Residents, hospitals at odds over health care
Neighborhood activists in Albany Park say they've heard too many stories about uninsured people going to nearby hospitals and being turned away, even though they qualify for charity medical care....
Activists say area has housing crisis
Logan Square is booming, but some residents feel left out of the party. While new and rehabbed homes and condos spring up all over the Northwest Side neighborhood, Logan Square...
Residents want empty building torn down
Little Village residents wish an empty, dilapidated building at the corner of West 31st Street and South Kedzie Avenue would disappear. They say the building, once home to the Washburne...
It’s parking hell along Devon Ave.
On weekend evenings, cars crawl along Devon Avenue as drivers scan the street searching for parking spots. Parking is a major hassle in this bustling Indian and Pakistani neighborhood in...
Residents want vacant lots
New condos and property values are going up in Woodlawn. But residents say something else is growing too--the grass and the weeds in vacant lots. The South Side neighborhood is...
Confessions of DVD bingers
"There are few things better than knocking off an entire season of the 'The Office' on BBC in one entire sitting. Of course, one of those things would be knocking...