Children's Health

Yolanda Roberson, who directs the Empowerment program, teaches a class at a Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. The classes are funded by the state of New York.

To Prevent Addiction In Adults, Help Teens Learn How To Cope

3:56pm November 12, 2015

by Elaine Korry

Many people who become addicted to drugs, tobacco or alcohol start using as teenagers. So more effort is being put into helping teenagers stop before they get in too deep.

What role do high-calorie, low-nutrition junk foods play in expanding waistlines? Two recent studies tackle that question.

Health & Safety

Are Junk Food Habits Driving Obesity? A Tale Of Two Studies

3:28pm November 12, 2015

by Maria Godoy

In the fight against obesity, junk foods have become public enemy No. 1. But some people question whether certain foods are really the culprits. Two new studies come to very different conclusions.

Burkina Faso was the first country to vaccinate its population against meningitis A.

Health & Safety

They're Calling This Vaccine A 'Stunning Success'

6:07pm November 10, 2015

by Susan Brink

That's what the World Health Organization says about an inoculation that's on track to wipe out meningitis A in sub-Saharan Africa.

April 1959: Bottles containing the polio vaccine.

The Oral Polio Vaccine Can Go 'Feral,' But WHO Vows to Tame It

1:28pm November 10, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization will start phasing out the oral vaccine next spring.

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11:55am November 09, 2015

by Marc Silver

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Physical exercise, diet and supportive counseling are the first steps of any weight-loss program. But sometimes that's not enough to take large amounts of weight off, and keep it off, doctors say.

Surgery Helps Some Obese Teens In Battle To Get Fit

8:18pm November 06, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Three years after bariatric surgery, more than 200 severely obese teens studied had dropped about a third of their weight and improved their metabolism, heart health and self-esteem.

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"I know for myself, I have a very colorful personality, rich ideas, and just a lot going on in my mind. But there's a gap between where that stands, and how I communicate it with the rest of the world." — Alix Generous

How Do Stereotypes Of Mental Health Affect Us?

9:59am November 06, 2015

by NPR/TED STAFF

Twenty-three-year-old Alix Generous describes her years-long journey through misdiagnosis in the mental health system and how it affected her sense of confidence and self-worth.

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Stereotypes About Teens Can Undermine Parents' Confidence

4:10pm November 05, 2015

by Aimee Cunningham

Parents often feel less equipped to deal with raising teenagers than they did when those kids were tiny, but teens don't behave that much worse than younger children, researchers say.

A nutritionist fetches a carton of Plumpy'Nut for malnourished patients at a hospital in Burkina Faso.

In An Email, Hillary Clinton Once Wrote: 'Plumpy'Nut?' Plumpy What?

3:18pm November 05, 2015

The latest batch of Clinton emails includes a scattershot list of topics from a day in 2010: "Freud's Last Session," "Create co to own copyrights?" ... "Plumpy'nut?"

Jorje Mendez has lost more than 45 pounds through weightlifting and other lifestyle changes. Trainer Johnny Gonzales, right, helps prediabetic patients at the gym he set up at the Lake County Tribal Health Clinic in California.

Tribal Clinic Deploys A Gym To Fend Off Diabetes

11:50am November 04, 2015

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

The tribal health clinic in Lakeport, Calif., has a gym where patients of all ages with prediabetes get free fitness training, along with diet advice. The goal: Stop diabetes before it starts.