Monthly Archives: February 2014
STEM Education Model Showcased at Michele Clark High School
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell recently toured the Michele Clark Academic Preparatory High School on Chicago’s West Side. Michele Clark is one of Chicago’s… Read more
City of Chicago Wins $3 Million Grant for Wellness in the Workplace
Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced the City of Chicago won a $3 million grant supported by the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABFHA) after winning the Wellness Challenge… Read more
Get Covered Illinois and The Onion Begin Strategic Partnership
Get Covered Illinois is hard at work to get residents enrolled under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) before the March 31 federal health coverage deadline. To do this, Get Covered Illinois… Read more
Holy Cross Hospital to Host ACA Enrollment Event on Presidents’ Day
On Monday, February 17, Holy Cross Hospital will be hosting a special ACA enrollment event from 12 to 7 p.m. at 2701 W. 68th St. in Chicago. Those interested in… Read more
New Breast Cancer Surgical Guidelines Can Help Save Lives
A comprehensive consensus guideline for physicians treating breast cancer was recently released by The Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), developed in conjunction with the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)… Read more
Students Organize Healthcare Fair for the Community
Capping off efforts to create awareness about preventative health care in their community, students organized a health fair at Ames located at 1920 North Hamlin last Friday. The students at… Read more
Take Care of Your Heart This Month
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 600,000 people in the United States die each year from heart disease. The CDC also reports that a quarter… Read more
Scotland the Free?
By Daniel Nardini For hundreds of years, Scotland had struggled to maintain its independence from England. In 1707, Scotland was joined with England and Wales (later with Ireland) to… Read more
Nazi Law Still on the Books
By Daniel Nardini In 1941, the Third Reich passed a law that essentially made women in Germany second class citizens. The Nazi’s view of women at that point was that… Read more
Venturing Where Angels Do Not Go
By Daniel Nardini When I said that Mexico is overall safe, I did not mean that tourists and adventurers should go to places where there might be conflict. I… Read more »