Enneagramming My Way Through Quarantine
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Food Deserts and the Home Economics Revival
You can lead a person out of the food desert, but you can’t make them eat healthy. For that, you need the once-hallowed field of home economics and consumer science, which is due for a comeback.
Health Care, Access, and Outcomes In Chicago (and Throughout Chicago)
A new report shows Chicago to be a bad place to live in terms of health care access, cost, and results. But much depends on where in Chicago you live, and the biggest gaps are on the far south side.
The Low-Poverty Diet
A study of female public-housing residents who moved to low-poverty neighborhoods—based on a HUD experiment that arose out of Chicago’s famous Gautreaux project—finds that the women were less likely to suffer from obesity and diabetes than the control group.
The Fraying of the Mental-Health Social Safety Net: Possible Costs and Consequences
This week has brought several excellent pieces in the papers and on the radio about mental illness and community services in a time of fiscal austerity. Here’s a browse through it, and some context.
Saving Stroke Survivors
New treatments, tactics, and technologies have inaugurated a new era in the battle against an affliction that in the past left far too many people disabled—or dead
Tips for Preventing Skin Cancer
Related: NEW PILL OFFERS ALTERNATIVE FOR SKIN CANCER CARE » Chicago residents have a false sense of security about sun exposure since their gray weather seems to go on forever. But ultraviolet light still shines through the clouds, and it’s impossible to turn back the clock after years of too much sun. “By the time … Read more
Cardiologist Donald Lloyd-Jones Develops Plan for Good Heart Health
HEARTS AND MINDS: While confronting the country’s looming obesity epidemic, Donald Lloyd-Jones has developed a ten-year plan to change the way people think about cardiovascular health
Three New Workout Classes in Chicago—Plus the Perfect Gear
SWEAT EQUITY: Three killer classes, three modern looks
Woodlawn Secondary Students' Sex-Ed Videos Put Lid on STDs
Kids at a South Side charter school craft a trio of short films, including one titled “How to Use a Condom.”