DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband will be 83 in September and was recently diagnosed with an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm measuring 4.8 cm. Five centimeters is when the doctors decide…
DEAR DR. ROACH: While reading one of your recent columns, I learned that all water, except for distilled, contains electrolytes. I wondered if there are differences in the amount of…
DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the story with Prilosec? Doctors routinely tell people with GERD or acid stomach to take this forever. Yet it clearly describes only a 14-day treatment on the…
Neli Vasquez Rowland remembers growing up in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and knowing lots of people denied access to drug and alcohol treatment. “Growing up, I thought…
DEAR DR. ROACH: As a 90-year-old man in mostly good health, I have been taking one Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim) pill per day for several years now, preventatively for recurrent…
DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently read about turmeric for osteoarthritis. I’m on a limited income. Please tell me more about it, like how much it costs and where I can get it. — W.C. ANSWER:…
A new resource for cancer patients and their families is now open in southern Kane County. Aurora’s Rush-Copley Hospital has opened Waterford Place Cancer Resource Center,…
Sheriff’s program addresses catalytic converter ...The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is looking to make an impact on ...
Daughter pleads guilty in McLean ...One person faces sentencing and another will go to trial for the ...
Man who defrauded Art Institute ...The former Chicago Art Institute payroll manager convicted of stealing more than ...
Notorious West Side Chicago drug ...“I know I ain’t going to be around forever. You dig what ...
