Following Bloomberg’s failed ban on big sodas, will a host of initiatives popping up in other cities pass muster?
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STD Tests: There’s an App for That
A controversial new app helps you obtain and share STD test results
How McDonald’s Plans to Make Happy Meals Healthier
McDonald’s is hoping to make Happy Meals happier — at least, for nutritionists and health-conscious parents. The fast-food chain’s executives announced that they will keep the toys but ditch extra calories in their kids’ menu …
‘Botox Mom’ Loses Custody of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
Parenting is a largely self-regulated undertaking. With nary an instruction manual, we’re handed a squalling bundle and expected to make mostly good decisions about how that bundle is raised. Word of advice: don’t inject your …
Failure to Detect Sarcasm or Lies: A Sign of a Rare Dementia
It could be argued that a life free of lies and sarcasm would be a happier one. But the inability to recognize others’ insincerity can also be hazardous — and a warning sign of a form of dementia.
New York City Council Considers Banning Happy Meal Toys
Looks like San Francisco’s city officials, who voted in November to ban toys from most McDonald’s Happy Meals, have inspired legislators in New York City too.
No Vegetable, No Toy: San Francisco Mimics Parents Everywhere
While the rest of San Francisco was preoccupied with the just-ended election campaign, the city’s Board of Supervisors agreed more quietly on a measure intended to help curb childhood obesity: banning the toy giveaways that are …
Cancer risk not higher for babies whose moms live near cell towers
A new study published in BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) adds to a growing body of research dedicated to understanding cancer risk potentially posed by cell phone use and proximity to cell phone towers. Researchers from Imperial College London set out to determine whether mothers whose children developed conditions such as
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