Reboot Your Workout
Time to make good on your 2013 fitness resolution! Here’s how to solve four common exercise challenges—and pick the Chicago gym that’s best for you.
Contributors: Karen Springen
Top Hospitals in Chicago and the Suburbs
When you face a health crisis, where should you go? We tapped the expertise of pros who know the metro area’s medical care better than anyone—and crunched reams of data—to produce our first-ever ranking of the 12 best hospitals in Chicagoland.
Top Hospitals in Chicago and the Suburbs
When you face a health crisis, where should you go? We tapped the expertise of pros who know the metro area’s medical care better than anyone—and crunched reams of data—to produce our first-ever ranking of the 12 best hospitals in Chicagoland.
Top Hospitals: The List
The 12 biggest standouts in the area. PLUS: When you face a health crisis, where should you go? And how do local health care centers stack up nationally? Read more.
How to Get a Personal Rx For Fitness in Chicago
THE CUSTOMIZED SHAPE-UP: More people hoping to shed some pounds and improve their health are turning to personalized fitness programs with a medical slant. Here are four local options
High-Tech Health: 11 Best Health-Related Mobile Apps
Apps that help you lose weight, track blood pressure, find physicians, and more—all approved by our roster of tech-savvy Chicago doctors. Click the thumbnails to see the list.
High-Tech Health: 15 Best Health Websites
Great sites for finding great physicians, getting deals on prescriptions, consulting doctors for free, and more—all approved by six tech-savvy Chicago docs
Will Regrowing Your Teeth Replace Fillings?
THE SUPERTOOTH SQUAD: Researchers at the UIC College of Dentistry are trying to turn fillings, crowns, bridges, and dentures into relics of the past—by harnessing nature to grow and implant new teeth
With Help from Rats, NU Neuroscientist Closes In on Depression Treatment
AN UNLIKELY ALLY: At Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Eva Redei is making inroads in finding better ways to identify and treat depression. Her main test subjects? Rats!
Chicago Researchers Discover Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
TURN BACK THE CLOCK: With area docs studying the treatment’s benefits for older women and men, youth may no longer be wasted only on the young