Chanile Hayes came under Dr. Michael Reinstein’s care after suffering a nervous breakdown. Hayes went from 140 pounds to nearly 300 in two years after taking Seroquel, a drug that Reinstein was paid to promote by its manufacturer, AstraZeneca. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune) This story was co-published with the Chicago Tribune [1]. Executives inside pharmaceutical […]
Why Pregnant Women are Told To Avoid Certain Cheeses and Hot Dogs by Some Doctors
Some doctors tell their patients not to eat cheese when they’re pregnant, and women want to know why. It’s because of the danger of contracting listeriosis, that’s found in some cheeses. Listeriosis is caused by a bacteria called "listeria monocytogenes." Most people don’t even know they’ve contracted diarrhea from something they ate, but can’t recall what […]
Cops Gone Wild: Arrests Mar Chicago’s World Pillow Fight Day
"Who is going to clean up this mess! You’re wasting taxpayers’ money! I’ll handcuff ya! Get outta here!" The mess this police officer is referring to is a bunch of feathers. Saturday April 4th was World Pillow Fight Day. About 50 pillow-fighters and 50 onlookers gathered in front of 111 S Michigan Ave and at […]
Chicago Observes Earth Hour
For one hour, everybody was encouraged to observe "Earth Hour." It meant that one should turn off electrical power for at least an hour. In the United States, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) led the effort. The WWF had urged everybody to use candlelight for at least one hour. Everybody was urged which included: government […]
Malawi: Blogger wins BlogHer International Activist Award
We first wrote about her in a post that profiled four Malawian female bloggers, on November 4th, 2007. This time we write about her exclusively, and her recent achievement solely to do with her blog. Malawian blogger Pilirani Semu-Banda has won a scholarship award that will take her to the BlogHer ‘09 conference in Chicago, […]
Cinematographer Jon Keng talks award-winning film “Fata Morgana”
Jon Keng has a lot to be thankful for. Originally from Singapore, he spent his childhood and teenage years looking through the lens of a camera. Taking photos turned from a hobby to a passion, and eventually photography turned into filmmaking, and filmmaking turned into a career. Now, he is internationally recognized and a sought-after […]
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