The Surreal Reasons Girls Are Disappearing In El Salvador: #15Girls
Refuse to share a pencil, reject a boy, say no to your imprisoned dad — all of these can get a teen girl killed in El Salvador's gang war.
Health & Safety
Unhappy With Your Company's Health Savings Account? Move It
Even if an employer contributes to an HSA, the money belongs to the worker, who can move it to find better services or lower fees.
Freezing Ovaries Before Cancer Treatment May Preserve Fertility
One-third of women who froze ovarian tissue before undergoing cancer treatment and later had it transplanted back ended up having babies, according to a study of women in Denmark.
How Best To Teach A Troubled Teen? The Question Can Get Stuck In Court
A Connecticut teen who has enough credits to graduate from high school is still eligible for specialized services. The school district and his family are battling over what the services should be.
Saving For A Wedding When You Make 53 Cents A Day
Even people who tread the line between deep and extreme poverty can manage to pull off a wedding. For one woman in Bangladesh, it took clever planning and seizing every opportunity.
Childhood Stress May Prime Pump For Chronic Disease Later
A British study that tracked the health of thousands from childhood through midlife finds early distress to be even more potent than adult stress in predicting later diabetes and heart disease.
Women Find A Fertility Test Isn't As Reliable As They'd Like
It's hard to predict how quickly a woman's fertility will decline and if she'll be a good candidate for egg freezing. But doctors try to figure that out with something called an ovarian reserve test.
Can You Really Roll Those Aches And Knots Away?
Scientists say you'll get better range of motion and less post-workout pain when using foam rollers to loosen tight muscles. But the details aren't all smoothed out.
Cloning Your Dog, For A Mere $100,000
The Duponts in Louisiana loved their mutt Melvin so much they jumped at the chance to replicate him. Melvin is gone now, but he has left behind two clones, Ken and Henry.
Laws To Stop Bullying Can Protect Teens If They're Done Right
Although every state in the nation now has anti-bullying laws, it wasn't clear if they have any bite in stopping bullies, until now. Clear objectives help a lot, researchers say.