The Chicago Women’s Collaborative increases HIV awareness and primary care services for at-risk African-American and Latina women by entering more than 40 of these communities’ beauty and nail salons, barbershops and beauty supply stores.

Cosmetic surgeons are tightening skin less and their budgets more, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers have exploded the myth that only women with vaginal tissue lesions, often caused by sexually transmitted infections, can contract HIV through sex.

Researchers believe that stem cells, extracted from umbilical cords at birth, may hold the promise of a cure for more than 70 diseases, including cerebral palsy, Type 1 diabetes, heart disease and leukemia.

Chicago fertility experts claim the largest in vitro fertilization study to date misleads patients, especially older women, seeking treatment.