A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients’ risk, rather than automatically giving annual mammograms, can lower the chance of more ...
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science ...
Emory University researchers are studying how everyday experiences with racism may have immediate and long-term effects on ...
The analysis gave Chicago a score of 36.3 in November 2025, the second-lowest score of the two years the city has been in ...
Tanning bed use is tied to almost a three-fold increase in melanoma risk, and for the first time, scientists have shown how ...
Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages the DNA of skin cells across the body ...
Premiums for individual employer-sponsored health care in Illinois rose higher than the national average from 2023 to 2024, ...
Black patients were less likely to receive PARP inhibitors, despite having BRCA1/2 testing and positivity rates comparable to White patients, and were at higher risk of death.
A new Illinois law will allow for physician-assisted death in Illinois following Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's signature this ...
A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children ...