No one wants ticks in their yard. Not only are these creepy crawlies known parasites, but they can also carry harmful ...

The inaugural Rotary Cardiac Champ Challenge will make a splash this summer for Northwestern Medical Center’s Cardiac ...

Even the most meticulously cared for lawn can sometimes fall prey to ugly rust fungus. Instead of reaching for chemicals, try ...

The color of your lawn provides vital clues about its health. A lawn that is brown from the tips down is suffering from drought stress.

For nearly a century, so-called “ugly laws” banned people with visible disabilities and diseases from public spaces, revealing society’s harsh standards of beauty and the impact on those who ...

It's officially summer, a time for barbecues, the beach—and protecting yourself against the teeny, tiny black-legged deer ...

The heat of summer can be hard on lawns. Mow regularly, keeping cool-season lawns like bluegrass and fescue at 3 to 3½ inches ...

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) systematically quantifies health loss due to diseases and injuries by age, sex, year, and geographical location, and allows for ...

Wet weather during the hot summer or cooler winter months can cause disease problems for our lawns and shrubs.

Yellow nutsedge is a challenging lawn weed. It’s a yellow-green, grass-like weed with waxy blades that grows faster than ...

With all the moisture from rain and as summer temperatures increase, brown patches may begin to appear in tall fescue lawns.

Brown patches in your lawn can be caused by a insects, pet urine, drought, heat, or a fungus. Learn how to prevent brown ...