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Chicago Transit Authority Adopts New DBE Operating Program
The Chicago Transit Board today approved a new Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program which sets a 25 percent annual DBE agency goal in 2010 for contracts funded out of CTA’s…
University of Chicago Researchers Report Diabetes Cases to Double, Costs to Triple by 2034
In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity, researchers based at the University of Chicago report in the December issue of Diabetes Care.
University of Chicago Study Finds Comfort Foods, Chocolate and Water Reduce Pain Response to Heat
People often eat food to feel better, but researchers have found that eating chocolate or drinking water can blunt pain, reducing a rat’s response to a hot stimulus. This natural…
Study Reported in Journal of the American Heart Association Finds Shingles Raises Risk of Stroke by 30 Percent or More in Adults
Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the…