How much is too much? The answer is trickier than you might think for a surgeon removing a brain tumor. Ideally, the whole thing would come out. But cutting out an entire tumor can cause severe damage to the surrounding brain tissue, leading to complications that range from motor skill impairment to death. So the … Read more
It’s one of the terrible ironies of cancer: The initial tumor typically doesn’t kill a patient. Rather, nomadic cells develop from the growth and attack other critical organs—and that’s what eventually proves fatal. “You can see a specific pattern: Colon cancer cells settle in the liver, but they don’t go to the spleen. So why … Read more
About 60 percent of women who witnessed trauma in this South Side study had PTSD, compared to 20 percent in the general population.
At the end of an illustrious career, a Chicago doctor faces the greatest challenge of his life. His experience should change the way we think about treating chronic illness.
A full-day, five-day-a-week childcare program with very low child-staff ratios, starting practically from birth, isn’t cheap—but it might pay off anyway.
Big data is about to revolutionize the way we combat cancer.
What Trump will cost Chicago, Illinois squeezes through an energy bill, and a physicist explains French fries.
From the crushing diagnosis to the resumption of seminormal life, a noted author shares what he learned coming back from stage 4.
A DePaul study finds that Chicago cyclists regularly do the “Idaho stop,” a slow-rolling stop, at stop signs and even lights. And they also suggest there might be a benefit to it.
The city was crucial to his rise—but now he’s outgrown it.
