Treating prostate cancer may make matters worse. The controversial author of Winning the Battle Against Prostate Cancer tells us why.

A new report finds that warming temperatures are having an impact on five national parks on the Great Lakes. Elizabeth Brackett looks at what that could mean.

The film Contagion -- shot in part here in Chicago -- is number one at the box office. Are there lessons to learn from this night at the movies? Are we ready if a global pandemic strikes? We hear from an Emergency Medicine specialist.

Bed bugs are back! We find out why they are making a return and what you can do to protect yourself from them.

Oak Forest Hospital is undergoing a big transformation--and not everyone's happy with it. The head of the Cook County Health System is here to explain the major changes for the south suburban facility.

The state says three Illinois hospitals, including one in Chicago, should start paying property taxes. Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss the controversial issue.

The Illinois Department of Revenue has denied property tax exemptions for three hospitals for not doing enough to justify their exemptions. Ash-har Quraishi tells us which hospitals are affected and what prompted the move.

On Tuesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D., released a new Public Health Agenda—Healthy Chicago—the City’s first comprehensive public health plan.

A new study out today by Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine diagnoses Chicago’s health, neighborhood by neighborhood. We speak with two of the report’s authors.

More and more medical providers in Chicago are switching their patient's paper records to electronic. But the conversion is giving some doctors headaches, and has some health officials alarmed. Paris Schutz has the story.

Daren Wendell swam across Lake Michigan this past weekend in a 36-hour, 50.6 mile journey to raise money for a great cause. He's here to talk with us about his amazing feat.

What do you get when you combine state of the art technology and role playing? Ash-har Quraishi takes us inside the simulation program at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, where students are getting real-life medical experience in a virtual emergency room.

Can you imagine heading to a public building once or twice a week just to keep clean? Geoffrey Baer has more on the history of Chicago's bath houses in tonight's Ask Geoffrey.

The owner and executive chef of "Province" demonstrates some great summer recipes that won't require turning on the stove. More on the Story: Cool recipes for a hot summer More on Chef Randy Zweiban More on "Province" More on Green City Market

If Chicago and Toronto have the same population, then why does Chicago have almost eight times the number of murders each year? WBEZ's Robert Wildeboer is here to help us find out.

Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951. But her cells kept living, starting a scientific revolution and a multi-billion dollar industry. When members of her family found out, they felt angry and exploited. We revisit our recent conversation with the author of a best-selling book about the story.