Monthly Archives: December 2017
Cook County Files Complaints Against Manufacturers of Prescription Painkillers
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced the County has filed a lawsuit against the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies over their manufacture and aggressive marketing… Read more
Young Gardeners Eat More Greens in First Year at College
First-year college students who have gardening experience eat more fruits and vegetables while they’re away at school compared with peers who don’t have green thumbs, U.S. researchers say. The more… Read more
Additional Cities Sign the Chicago Climate Charter
Mayor Emanuel announced that ten additional cities have signed the Chicago Climate Charter, a first-of-its-kind international charter on climate change. The Chicago Climate Charter now represents 67 cities and tens… Read more
Excessive Video Gaming to be Named Mental Disorder by WHO
The World Health Organization is adding an unexpected to its list of mental health conditions in 2018. Next year, people who play an excessive amount of video games could find… Read more
Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain, Study Suggests
Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological… Read more
Pot-smoking on the Rise Among U.S. Pregnant Women
A growing number of pregnant women are using marijuana, and the habit is expanding fastest among teens and young adults, a U.S. study suggests. Among teen mothers under age 18,… Read more
Diet is the Key to Kids’ Health and Happiness
A new analysis finds that children who eat healthfully are more likely to be happy, and those who are happy are more likely to eat healthfully. Interestingly, these links were… Read more
RTA se Pone Creativo en el 2017 Para Promover el Uso del Transporte Público
Este año fue un año de reto para el transporte público en Northeastern Illinois, región de la Autoridad de Transporte Regional (RTA). No es un secreto que la bolsa de… Read more
Más Ciudades Firman la Carta del Clima de Chicago
El Alcalde Emanuel anunció que diez ciudades más han firmado la Carta del Clima de Chicago, capítulo internacional único sobre el cambio del clima. la Carta del Clima de Chicago… Read more
Are Mexico’s Mom and Pop Stores Disappearing?
by Daniel Nardini When I used to visit Mexico, I would always see what are called the abarrotes, or mom and pop convenience stores. They were all over the place…. Read more »