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The trials and tribulations that test the nerves of sports fans during a close game may end up having a deleterious effect during the hours after the event, according to a recent study conducted by North Carolina State University. NCSU......

Maybe the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency should have handled our nation's "war on drugs," first launched more than 40 years ago. It took 14 years worth of evidence, but the USADA knocked off a drug kingpin in Lance Armstrong. We witnessed the final nail in the...

About six weeks ago, a few readers sent emails complaining because the Tribune had given no coverage to local cyclist Christian Vande Velde’s victory in the U.S. Pro Challenge stage race in Colorado. My response was to say we felt leery of...

Tim Loranger is a Los Angeles aviation attorney who was deeply moved by Lance Armstrong's story of beating cancer. The former Marine wears the Armstrong yellow wristband, races in an Armstrong hat and has raised thousands of dollars for Armstrong's cancer...

On the corner of Division and Dearborn, the shadows creep up the fronts of buildings as a neighborhood changes its skin. The moms pushing the strollers head for home. The old ladies in puffy coats walk their little white dogs back to their condos for...

I signed another sympathy card last week for the family of a wonderful female golden retriever that died from mammary adenocarcinoma (breast cancer).  This type of cancer would most certainly have been prevented if she had been spayed at an appropriate...

I've been out of the sex game for a while, save for a very casual relationship that happens sporadically. However, I met a girl recently and sex is imminent. I'm excited about it but worried because I'm having a hard time letting people touch me, just...

Guys, let's face it. Getting older sucks. We start losing our hair, our strength and our athletic performance. Plus, it it becomes more and more inappropriate to hit on 22-year-old women. While we can't do much about the latter, making sure we take...

Lance Armstrong's decision not to fight long-standing allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs to spike seven Tour De France cycling championships came within days of Roger Clemens' decision to lace up his spikes again. (The 50-year-old...

Back to being a Pro Bowl grump Wednesday at Halas Hall, Brian Urlacher refused to clarify the mysterious circumstances surrounding treatment of his injured left knee. Urlacher's reaction provided the least surprising aspect of a story that cannot go away...

It’s been difficult to come to terms with my masculinity, all 260 pounds of grotesque mannishness. I do so love getting makeovers at the hands of my 7-year-old daughter, but when a perfectly applied coat of crème foundation is marred by a 5 o&...

Dear Pharmacist: My sister and mother have both had breast cancer, so far I'm OK (but obviously worried). What is your No. 1 recommendation for me. — K.B., Orlando Dear K.B.: When it comes to breast health, weight matters the most in my opinion....