Assigning Editor and Project Lead, October 2013 Starting in 2014, you’ll have to have health insurance or pay a fine. What you pay depends only on your age, where you live, how large your family is and if you smoke. If you have insurance now, you can keep it or shop around. If your state […]
Assigning Editor and project lead, 2013 How healthy are women in America? To answer this question, my team looked at all 50 states, examining a number of health categories and healthy living topics. The report leveraged the most recent data, broken down by both state and gender. States were ranked from 1 to 50 in each category, […]
The abuse of narcotic painkillers has been on the rise and in the news. They’re easily accessible because doctors prescribe them, though now some say too often. But the truth is America’s addiction to these legal drugs started back in the 80s and 90s when no one could have foreseen this increasing dependence. “There was growing attention to […]
Wouldn’t it be nice to sink into your pillow after a long, hard day, knowing that the night will bring pleasant dreams? It may be possible. In 2010, Richard Wiseman, a professor and psychologist at England’s University of Hertfordshire, commissioned the creation of a free app called Dream:ON, and began a two-year experiment on dreaming that […]
If your baby has colic—hours of inconsolable crying that are not related to a medical problem—you’ll probably try just about anything to make him feel better. But when it comes to one trending treatment, new research says don’t bother. As recently as January, studies were suggesting that probiotics—live bacteria thought to regulate digestive systems—could help soothe colic, and […]
It’s Alcohol Awareness Month. Before you pour that next glass of wine, here are some need-to-know consequences that could just change your drinking habits. Not everyone drinks, but a lot of us do. It’s at the heart of many social interactions: We join coworkers for happy hour, toast good news with champagne and bring beer […]
Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. While it’s older adults who generally get it, the risk factors for deadly cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke begin in childhood. If those factors — including weight, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes […]
