Obituary on Virginia A. Blair, 1925-2012: TV writer worked in public relations, "took a bite out of life"

Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, April 4, 2012

By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune

"Virginia A. "Ginny" Blair wrote plays for local CBS and ABC television stations before shifting to public relations work with Smith Bucklin & Associates, where she worked for more than 20 years." (read more)

Obituary on Deborah Eberhart Elliott, 1951-2012: Special education teacher, administrator in Chicago, Calumet Park

Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, March 20, 2012

By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune

"Deborah Eberhart Elliott was a special education teacher and an administrator in Chicago Public Schools for many years, also serving as a principal of a middle school in south suburban Calumet Park." (read more)

Filling a brain aneurysm with wire can prevent rupture

Coiling has advantages but it's not for everyone

Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2012

By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune

"Carolyn Davis owes her health to wires.

Davis, 55, of Chicago, benefited from a treatment known as coiling after she suffered a brain aneurysm in November.

Once Davis arrived at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Dr. William W. Ashley Jr. determined that he needed to stop the bleeding in her brain caused by the aneurysm, which is a ballooning of blood vessels, as quickly as possible." (read more)