Healthy Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach Kids
School-based urban gardens can have a measurable positive impact on kids — from improving their diets to helping boost engagement with academics.
Children's Health
Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?
Dozens of games and apps claim to improve your memory or make you smarter or reduce stress. But do they really? Developers say the next step is clinically valid proof of cognitive gains.
Catholic Bishops In Kenya Call For A Boycott Of Polio Vaccines
Africa marks one year without polio on Tuesday. But there are now concerns in Kenya, where bishops have declared a boycott of the vaccine on the eve of a WHO polio vaccination campaign.
Crime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts
Dr. Leana Wen came to Baltimore as health commissioner to combat the city's longstanding problems with violence, drug addiction and health disparities. She finds that solutions don't come easy.
Frances Kelsey, FDA Officer Who Blocked Thalidomide, Dies At 101
The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.
States Haven't Embraced Later School Start Times For Teens
Last year the nation's pediatricians said middle and high schoolers shouldn't start school before 8:30 a.m., so they can get much-needed sleep. But almost all schools start before that, the CDC finds.
Patients In Iowa Worry About Private Management Of Medicaid
The way one fifth of Iowa's residents get health care is about to change. The governor is putting Medicaid in the hands of private insurance companies, and 11 firms are vying for that business.
Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?
Leana Wen, Baltimore's new health commissioner, is trying to apply public health approaches to ameliorate the city's deep-seated problems with poverty, violence and disease.
Could Your Child's Picky Eating Be A Sign Of Depression?
Most young children who are extra choosy about what they'll eat eventually outgrow the habit. But research finds that in extreme cases, the pickiness may be linked to depression or social anxiety.
Untangling The Many Deductibles Of Health Insurance
Some people wind up having to pay hospital deductibles on top of other medical deductibles. But those do not apply to outpatient procedures.