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Q: I've heard that washing your hair every day can strip it of its natural oils, making it dry and brittle and causing scalp irritation.Is that true?And what if I exercise regularly?Whether you should lather up daily depends on a number of factors, said Dr. Murad Alam, vice chair of the department of dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Two boys, ages 12 and 16, were shot Tuesday afternoon in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the city's West Side, according to police.Officers responded to reports of a person shot in the 100 block of South Pulaski Road shortly after 5:30 p.m. and discovered the two boys.Police said a security officer carried the 12-year-old who had been shot into a library, where he tried to render aid.

Editor's Note: This video contains contain graphic content that may be upsetting to viewers.Newly releasedbody camera footage of Chicago police fatally shooting a man during a mid-April foot chase appears to show the man holding a gun as he turns toward police.Chicago police shot and killed Reginald Clay Jr., 24, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the morning of April 15.

A mum is raising her premature twins alone after conceiving with sperm from a stranger she met on Facebook.Sarah Mangat, 34, had been single for nearly eight years when she decided to embark on solo motherhood in July 2020.She had planned to use a sperm bank but found the process 'too impersonal'' so instead found a Facebook group for sperm donors.

An attorney for an 18-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a Chicago police officer earlier this month asked a judge Wednesday to set a reasonable bail, arguing that he didn't intend to kill a police officer and worked as a mentor to kids at a community center.Cook County Judge Ankur Srivastava, though, agreed with a previous judge's ruling and held Steven Montano, 18, without bail in the slaying of Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso on March 1.

The wife of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso is speaking out to honor her husband ahead of his funeral service, set for later this week.Vásquez Lasso will be remembered at a visitation Wednesday and funeral Thursday.His death, his wife Milena Estepa de Vásquez wrote in a Facebook post, "leaves us with an irreparable hole in our hearts."

Like brushing your teeth or washing your face, putting deodorant on every day might seem like one of those rituals crucial for basic hygiene.But your decision is most likely based more on personal and cultural preferences than any potential medical necessity, dermatology experts say.People have strong preferences and sensitivities to smell.

The deal includes safe staffing ratios so there will be enough nurses to provide safe patient care, the union says.Nurses demonstrate during their third day on strike, at Mount Sinai Hospital on January 11, 2023, in New York City.Leonardo Munoz / VIEWpress via Getty Images New York City nurses and two major hospitals reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that the healthcare workers' union celebrated as a "historic victory" after three days of striking for a fair contract.

Facing a 'tridemic' of COVID-19, flu, and RSV, workers say they are at a breaking point and patient safety is at risk.Bronx VA Medical Center nurses hold a demonstration and join other nationwide 'May Day' actions demanding increased COVID-19 protections for nurses and health care workers on May 1, 2020 in New York City.Spencer Platt / Getty Images An estimated 16,000 unionized nurses from private hospitals across the New York City metropolitan area announced strike authorizations on Friday as current contracts are set to expire and the region continues to experience a "tridemic" health crisis that includes Covid-19, flu, and the respiratory illness known as RSV.

More than 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center returned to the picket lines on Tuesday as New York City's largest nurse strike in decades continued into a second day.At Montefiore in the Bronx, nurses and management were scheduled to return to the bargaining table for continued talks on Tuesday morning.

A 17-year-old boy fatally wounded Friday afternoon on the West Side was among five teens ranging from 14 to 16 years of age shot in gun violence Friday afternoon to Saturday morning, Chicago police said.The fatally shooting happened shortly after 4 p.m. in 600 block of South Independence Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood.

At least 14 people were shot, including a 3-year-old and two other minors, during a drive-by shooting Halloween night in East Garfield Park on the city's West Side, police said.The other minors were an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, according to police.A group was standing on a the corner of South California Avenue and West Polk Street for a vigil when two people from inside a dark SUV began shooting.

The car was traveling south in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. when the crash occurred, according to a witness who spoke with police.Paramedics transported the 18-year-old man who was driving the car and a woman in the passenger seat to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where they were both pronounced dead shortly after.Two people have died after the driver of a vehicle lost control and drove the vehicle into a building in Brighton Park late Sunday, Chicago police said.