Suzanne Le Mignot
Reporter and Anchor at WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
Weekend AM anchor & reporter @cbschicago. Passionate about giving a voice to the voiceless. Proud mom. Lover of all things positive, charitable and fashionable!
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2 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Suzanne Le Mignot
UChicago Medicine is using a new technology to destroy liver tumors without radiation, chemotherapy or even cutting the skin. Called histotripsy, it destroys tumors using sound waves. Amber Sikes was diagnosed with cancer about six years ago. "I was diagnosed with neuro-endocrine cancer," she said. "It started in my bowel and spread to my liver."The initial news about her diagnosis was not encouraging. "I was told I couldn't have surgery, I was told I couldn't have any more children," she said.
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6 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Suzanne Le Mignot
A group of students on the city's West Side took part in a training session on Friday to better promote unity in their communities. The training? Transformative nonviolence sessions on the approach to combat violence. The work being done by the young people at North Lawndale College Prep has roots in the civil rights movement. Each student in the training session has one goal—to bring peace to their community and school.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Suzanne Le Mignot
After what police and prosecutors described as a successful test in the Englewood, a pilot program allowing officers to file charges for low-level gun charges is expanding. The pilot program started in the Chicago Police Department's 7th (Englewood) District about three months ago. Starting Friday, it has been expanded to the 5th (Calumet) District, but some critics already have raised concerns about transparency.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Suzanne Le Mignot
New program for domestic violence survivors launches in Chicago hospitals The city of Chicago is partnering with the WINGS nonprofit to launch new program providing help to domestic violence survivors who end up in the hospital. The program was announced Thursday morning at a news conference hosted by former Chicago mayor and ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, 19th Ward Alderman Matt O'Shea, and WINGS president and CEO Rebecca Darr.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Suzanne Le Mignot
Optometrist says vision problems in kids can be misdiagnosed for ADHD Does your child have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or a functional vision problem? Neuro-optometrist Dr. Bryce Appelbaum, a Maryland-based doctor board certified in vision therapy and graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry, says an ADHD diagnosis isn't complete without ruling out a functional vision problem. "Symptoms of ADD or ADHD and functional vision problems are so, so similar," he said.
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