Heart villain also implicated in Alzheimer’s
A high blood level of the amino acid homocysteine, which recently was recognized as a major risk factor for heart disease, now appears to be linked to an increased risk...
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With `dirty bomb,’ chaos could be main fallout
A radioactive "dirty bomb" is a terrorist's dream weapon--one designed to maximize panic and disruption to daily life, even if there are few immediate casualties. By coupling common explosives such...
Test seeks cancer’s signature
Scientists in Chicago and around the country are racing to develop pinprick blood tests that can reveal some of the most deadly and hard-to-detect cancers in their early "silent" stages,...
A mayor who had hard act to follow
Purple and black bunting was draped over the entrance to City Hall on Wednesday as Chicago mourned Michael A. Bilandic, the quiet and unassuming son of immigrants who rose to...
Playing doctor . . . or playing God?
Ask any biologist which wish he or she would most like to see granted and almost every one would express a desire to learn how a single fertilized egg "differentiates"--or...
Chemicals show promise fighting the anthrax toxin
Two chemicals that in laboratory tests almost completely block the killing effect of the anthrax toxin could become the first antidotes against the disease, according to researchers at Harvard Medical...
Doctors placed on alert for infections
In an unusual warning to the nation's doctors, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked them to be on heightened alert for any infectious outbreaks--from food poisoning...
U.S. House closes; Senate stays in session after anthrax scares
The anthrax spores delivered to a Senate office appear to be concentrated, pure and processed to a minute size that would make them a formidable weapon, government officials said Wednesday,...
Post office reports a powder scare
At about 8:30 a.m., workers at the Des Plaines post office noticed an ounce or two of a white powder in the bottom of a metal bin in a cavernous...
Post office reports a powder scare
At about 8:30 a.m., workers at the Des Plaines post office noticed an ounce or two of a white powder in the bottom of a metal bin in a cavernous...