Steven Ross Johnson

Blood test may point to most effective antidepressant, Loyola study finds

December 24, 2018 at 2:28 a.m.

For about 9 million Americans, taking psychiatric medication for the treatment of a mood disorder can at times feel like a hit-or-miss proposition. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimates...

Skin cancer patients get new treatment option in Chicago

December 24, 2018 at 2:28 a.m.

After two surgeries and several rounds of chemotherapy failed to eradicate or even slow down the highly aggressive skin cancer on his right arm, Larry Black felt as though he...

Bartender Michael Pryor, right, walks out of the Chicago Bridgeport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5079 with Anthony Judycki. Pryor says he makes sure that Judycki makes it home safely every night. "We're like family here," he says, adding that he also listens when veterans want to talk.

VFW bartenders could help struggling vets, study finds

August 19, 2019 at 6:28 a.m.

In his more than 25 years behind the bar at the Chicago Bridgeport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5079 on the South Side, Michael Pryor has heard and seen plenty,...

VFW bartenders could help struggling vets, study finds

May 13, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

In his more than 25 years behind the bar at the Chicago Bridgeport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5079 on the South Side, Michael Pryor has heard and seen plenty,...

Test of Chicago

May 13, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Outdoor food festival season is upon us, and inspectors from Naperville and Des Plaines to Chicago are gearing up to test food temperatures, refrigeration and hygiene to try to protect...

Cancer fundraiser imparts a sense of control

May 13, 2019 at 9:43 p.m.

Tamara Habib, 26, of Chicago, has made a career out of planning for and responding to disasters. "Anyone who's in my field of work, whether they're a paramedic or a...

A woman smokes a cigarette in Beijing. China launches a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces on May 1 but the effort is widely viewed as vague and half-hearted and few expect it to have much of an impact in the tobacco-addicted country.

Asian group joins effort to fight smoking in Chicago

August 19, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

A Chicago-based health and social service agency that works with the city's Asian community plans to announce Thursday a new effort to get more Asians to stop smoking. Asian Human...

Brain-controlled limb to take prosthetics a step forward, researchers hope

August 19, 2019 at 6:21 a.m.

It had been five years since Hailey Danisewicz last thought about bending her left knee. The 20-year-old Northwestern University sophomore was 12 when she was diagnosed with bone cancer in...

Brain-controlled limb to take prosthetics a step forward, researchers hope

May 13, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

It had been five years since Hailey Danisewicz last thought about bending her left knee. The 20-year-old Northwestern University sophomore was 12 when she was diagnosed with bone cancer in...

Susan Frick is a co-founder of the Without Warning support group for people with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Frick, a social worker at Rush University Medical Center, is shown with a painting, "The Boat," by a volunteer for the program, the Rev. Shawna Bowman, based on her observations on the support group meetings.

Too much, too soon

August 19, 2019 at 6:21 a.m.

The first time Sharon Specht suspected that something might be wrong with her husband, Robert, was about three years ago, when she noticed him having difficulty performing little tasks. "The...

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