If you’re getting health advice from television talk show host Dr. Phil, consider yourself warned: he’s now zero-for-two when it comes to endorsing health products. First Dr. Phil allowed his name and image to be plastered all over Shape Up!…

On Broadway, quality s not luring crowds
Richard Nixon is on Broadway this season. So are Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Bertolt Brecht, Joan Didion. And, ’til recently, a whole bunch of Russian writers and philosophers. Realtors California Licensed Licensed California Realtors $100K/$275K Prefer new Realtors just finishing licensing school Pay commensurate with performance Full service firm est 1987 […]

How to get more vitamin D
It s no wonder Chicagoans are less aware and less concerned about the dangers of the sun s rays than those in other cities, according to a recent survey by the American Academy of Dermatology. When we do see the sun, we re…

New diet pill blocks fat
If you want to try the first over-the-counter diet pill approved by the Food and Drug Administration, bring an extra pair of pants to the office. This is the sobering advice from drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, which is spending $150 million…

A.J. foot revs up the Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — At least they showed up Monday. An accomplishment in itself for the White Sox hitters, considering what was awaiting them on the mound as they started a seven-game road trip.

On race and Bonds, Amanda in Playboy, Borel at the White House and more
A full trough of stuff for a dog-day Wednesday in South Florida… (*) ESPN is now available on select screens at filling stations. Is that new? Stuart Scott has been giving me gas for years. (*) ABC News poll finds… U.S. House Uploads Anti-Spyware Bill Hidden computer programs that try to steal personal information […]

Your lakefront 10 commandments
If you re suffering from seasonal path-rage disorder, you re not alone. Every year I complain about the yahoos on the 18-plus mile trail along Chicago s lakefront, and every year I get one-upped by your own nightmarish experiences. Hoping to restore sanity…

Screens: TV the week of May 27
John Wayne marathon (12:15 a.m. Sunday, Encore Westerns) — The most sacred tradition of Memorial Day — that is, lying around all weekend like a slug watching various programming marathons until your eyeballs melt — kicked off just after midnight… Florida long overdue for big storms Jacksonville: […]

Are you vitamin D-ficient?
If 17-year-old Niyesha Martin had known that breast-fed babies need vitamin D supplementation, her infant might have been spared near-fatal complications from rickets. And if James Sipkins, an internist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, had discovered the studies linking a vitamin…

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