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Your guide to living healthier and better in Chicago.
Nicknamed the “Tiffany of the Strip,” the Tropicana is set to shut its doors for good in April to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium that will be home to the relocating Oakland Athletics.
To get enough protein, there are many natural and synthetic options available.
While the only sure way to avoid a hangover would be to not drink an excessive amount of alcohol, there are some things you can do to reduce the odds of experiencing one.
The word “pulse,” which hails from the Latin word puls, meaning thick soup, specifically refers to legumes that are grown and harvested for their dry seed.
The Chicago-born musician and actor shares workouts, wisdom and recipes meant to steer readers away from “foods that don’t do our bodies right.”
It measures the power generated by the muscles of the hand and the forearm. And that’s something you can improve.
Here’s what you need to know to stay safe while digging yourself out after a big snow storm.
Sleep inertia can impair thinking and decision-making, adversely affect learning and short-term memory and lead to slower reaction time. But certain strategies can help.
As some Chicagoans reevaluate their drinking this month, they have plenty of options for booze-free beverages and spaces that have popped up in recent years.
“Some of the healthiest ingredients to put in a smoothie include a mix of fruits, vegetables and other nutritious components,” one expert says.
Even when ab stimulators work as intended, one expert says they won’t “give you those six-pack abs without also incorporating a healthy diet and sufficient exercise.”
The healthiest oatmeal is less about the type of oat and more about how you make it.
Exercise-boosted HDL “good cholesterol” levels “act as a broom by sweeping LDL cholesterol away,” one expert says.
The number to beat on New Year’s Eve is 4,492 — the single-day record for marriages in Las Vegas set on July 7, 2007.
Colds, influenza and other respiratory illnesses tend to be more common during colder months, when viruses spread more easily because people are indoors more and in closer proximity to others.
Here’s what the science says about sweets binges and how you can still enjoy yummy foods without feeling terrible this holiday season.
The drugs are shifting not only what people taking them eat but also how they think about food. That can have broad implications around food-centric holidays.
Dust, insect droppings, pesticide, mold, different types of pollen and that beloved pine sent might be making you miserable.
Let Beyoncé giving up people pleasing be your guide post. Deferring to others’ wants and needs so much that we lose ourselves in the process is a dangerous game, experts say.
No need to panic, even though Medicare’s annual open enrollment period is about to end.
In the U.S., 14 million adults have symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and more than 600,000 undergo total knee replacement surgery each year at a cost of $30,249.
The CDC recommends thoroughly washing greens or buying ones labeled as “ready to eat,” “triple washed” or “no washing necessary.”
These highly profitable facilities often charge $5,000 a month or more and then layer on fees at every step.
Noises such as chewing, slurping, sniffing and heavy breathing are common triggers of the disorder.
The drive, which kicked off earlier this month and runs through the holiday season, also raises awareness for the work of the Memphis-based hospital, which was founded by her father, the late TV star Danny Thomas.
The healthiest side dishes switch up the flavor, texture and nutritional profile.
Seniors face challenges in getting around and, ah, getting it on, Randi Forrest says, and need an outlet to share concerns — including how to get by in a world geared to younger people.
The researchers concluded that the difference in results was large enough to misclassify millions of people as having hypertension when it was actually in the normal range.
Under most circumstances, it’s nothing to worry about, but if it persists, spreads or gets progressively worse, see a doctor.
Omega-3s are most commonly found in fish, though you also get them from dark leafy greens, flax seeds, hemp seeds and walnuts.