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Chicago dad, baby are shot as he changes her diaper
A Chicago man and his baby daughter were shot while he changed her diaper in a van on the street, police said Monday. Jonathan Watkins, 29, was shot in the left side, cheek and right buttock, police said. His daughter, identified by family members as ...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Tribune, Shootings
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Actor burned at Lyric Opera of Chicago dress rehearsal; father there
A performer with Lyric Opera of Chicago suffered serious burns Monday afternoon when his face went up in flames during a dress rehearsal of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Wesley Daniel,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Harry S. Truman, Benjamin Millepied, Roosevelt University, Celebrities
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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk hospitalized after suffering stroke
Sen. Mark Kirk was hospitalized after suffering a stroke over the weekend and underwent surgery Monday in Chicago, his office said.
According to a statement, Kirk, 52, checked himself in to Lake Forest Hospital in the Chicago area on Saturday, where...Tags: Stroke, Rod Blagojevich, Dick Durbin, Alexi Giannoulias, Hospitals and Clinics
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R. Kelly has emergency throat surgery, takes 'indefinite' break from performing
Pop & HissAfter visiting a throat specialist, R. Kelly has emergency throat surgery. He has nodes on his tonsils.... -
Man dies after falling from ledge during Bears-Eagles game [Updated]
The Fabulous ForumA week after a 2-year-old fell to his death at Staples Center after a Lakers game, a similar tragedy occurred during the Chicago Bears-Philadelphia Eagles game Sunday in Chicago. Stuart Haverty, 23, of suburban Woodstock was pronounced dead at... -
The gender line
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSay what you will about Mars and Venus, but anatomically, male and female hearts look the same. When healthy, both should be about the size of a fist. Both have three main coronary arteries, the large blood vessels that wrap around the outside of the...Tags: Symbols and Symbolism, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests, Social Issues, Science and Technology
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Demystifying the cardiac stress test
Chicago TribuneDr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner with respectable cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. But as many heart disease patients discover, a treadmill analysis...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pain, St. John's Health Center, Chest Pains
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Yury Verlinsky dies at 65; pioneered genetic testing method
Yury Verlinsky, the Russian emigré who was the first researcher in the United States to perform chorionic villus sampling to detect birth defects and who pioneered the development of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to detect potential genetic...Tags: Colon, Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Russia
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Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon
Koko Taylor, a Chicago musical icon who became one of the most revered female blues vocalists of her time with signature hits such as "Wang Dang Doodle," "I'm a Woman" and "Hey Bartender," died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago of...Tags: Music Industry, Muddy Waters, Chess Playing, Vocal Music (genre), Richard M. Daley
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Police: Man leans out car window, dies after hitting another car
A south suburban Burnham man died Sunday night after leaning out of a moving car on South Side and hitting a parked car, police said. The victim was identified as Orlando Mayo, Jr., 30, of the 2700 block of East 142 Street, who was pronounced dead at 7:...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Burnham, South Shore
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8 wounded in shootings on South, West sides
Tribune reportersAt least eight people were shot Monday on the South and West sides, authorities said. The day's shootings started around 1:15 p.m. when a 21-year-old man was shot in the 11000 block of South Ashland Avenue in the Morgan Park neighborhood, police said....Tags: Englewood, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, West Pullman, Pullman
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Editorial: Sarah Murnaghan gets new lungs. What happens next?
Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan of Pennsylvania has a new set of transplanted lungs today. She didn't get them in the usual way, by moving to the top of the waiting list and being fortunate enough that a donation of suitable lungs came through. Sarah got...
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