Obesity is constantly increasing its spell among people of all ages. The growing junk food culture has served as catalyst for stimulating the figures. A review of available health data has pinpointed the obesity epidemic, claiming that obesity has grabbed a number of children under its spell.

The presence of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere led to hospital admission of seven Chicago northwest residents on Thursday night. It has been informed by the Fire Department that carbon monoxide was infused in the atmosphere by a resident of West Roscoe, who was using an indoor grill at home.

A study that tracked more than 1,000 low-income, mostly black Chicago kids for up to 25 years, revealed that preschool had benefits that reflected in their adulthood, as the kids in the preschool had better jobs , less drug abuse , fewer arrests and a host of other benefits as adults.

Dr. James Madara, a former University of Chicago Medical School Dean and Chief Executive had qualified to take the leadership of the country’s largest doctor’s group on July 1 while the American Medical Association had announced his name as new Chief Executive Officer.

According to the Chicago Tribune, it has been revealed that parents and teachers are very annoyed with the Little Village Academy, a public school on Chicago's West Side for banning the lunches brought from home.

A Michael Jordan themed restaurant will open in late summer in Chicago after construction of it begins in early June. Michael Jordan’s Steak House will be on the second floor dining room and first floor bar area of InterContinental Chicago hotel on North Michigan Avenue.

CEOs of two international exchanges have joined hands, in order to acquire other distinguished exchanges.

The contract of $37.9 million has been won by a company in Chicago. They won this contract for the construction of a maintenance facility on the Oahu barracks.

They bagged this contract from the U. S. army after a sealed bidding competition. The army also disclosed that they had received 13 other bids and the bid by the Walsh RMA was the lowest.

Alzheimer’s is a dreadful disease if you come to think of it. It destroys the memory cells of the brain and this causes memory loss. In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have been able to generate these cells in the laboratory.

If all goes well, this could mark as the ground stone of what could be the first ever effective treatment for memory loss.

In what appears to be one of the most bizarre cases of online deceit, a 48-year-old man from Naperville, Illinois, was duped of $200,000 by his online girlfriend for two years – a girlfriend who actually was non-existent!