FDA Proposes Graphic Images On Cigarette Warning Labels
The FDA believes pictures of corpses, sickly looking people with oxygen masks and stained, decaying teeth could scare smokers into quitting. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
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The FDA believes pictures of corpses, sickly looking people with oxygen masks and stained, decaying teeth could scare smokers into quitting. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
Diabetes has become a common diagnosis amongst pets. CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist reports spotting the early signs is the key to their survival.
The Howard Brown Health Center, a medical clinic that has tended to the gay and lesbian community for 36 years, has received a sizable grant from an anonymous donor amid dangers of closing.
Trying to avoid a gap in health insurance, the newly-elected Cook County Board president in no hurry to leave her City Council post.
A study is examining how social and physical environments interact with genetics to affect kids' health.
With between-meal munching on the rise, and more high-fat, high-calorie fare on the menu, it's becoming harder for noshers to know where to draw the line between snacks and meals.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital says it's done everything it can for 86-year-old woman but her daughter says her mother isn't strong enough to leave.
Many American drivers are asleep at the wheel -- literally. That's according to a new AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study which found drowsy drivers played a role in nearly 17 percent of fatal crashes.
Have you noticed something purple about Chicago's skyline?
The upcoming cuts in Medicare physician payments will be catastrophic for seniors, the president of the nation's largest doctors' group says.
Sen. Dick Durbin on Monday sent letters to the heads of several agencies asking them to review the findings of a recent investigative report which showed that Metra commuters and workers may be exposed to excessively high levels of diesel soot.
A longtime medical care center that has served Chicago's gay and lesbian community for 36 years is hoping to raise $500,000 in 50 days to avoid shutting its doors.
An advocacy group wants a moratorium on the construction of new fast food restaurants in Chicago.
There's a growing trend of pediatricians who make house calls. CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist reports.
Two top Chicago aldermen have proposed a ban on the sale of alcoholic energy drinks that have come under intense scrutiny lately after nine college students in Washington State were hospitalized after drinking them at an off-campus party.
