Uncle Sam wants your drugs! This Saturday the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is sponsoring a nationwide prescription drug “take-back,” at 4,000 locations around the country.
Which School Lunch Bill Is Best?
Congress may decide this week between two bills aimed at improving school lunch nutrition. Everyone from Alice Waters to Jamie Oliver to Michelle Obama has gotten on the school-lunch bandwagon — a key target in the battle …
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‘Formula Powered’? Lactivists Tussle with Old Navy
Tons of parents — myself included — buy their kids’ wardrobes at Old Navy. The clothes are cheap, cute … and controversial. This month, lactivist (translation: lactation activists) mommy bloggers hit fast and furious in …
How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life
In this week’s TIME cover story, author Annie Murphy Paul writes: “What makes us the way we are? Why are some people predisposed to be anxious, overweight or asthmatic? How is it that some of us are prone to heart attacks, …
What the FDA’s Restriction of Avandia Means for Diabetes Patients
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has decided to strictly limit the use of the diabetes drug Avandia, what does that mean for patients?
Study: America Is Officially the Fattest Developed Country in the World
If you tuned into the season premier of the Biggest Loser last night — during which the reality show’s trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels toured the country collecting obese people — you got the message: Americans are …
For Women Who Want to Stay Slim, a Heavy Roommate Might Help
The myth of the dreaded “freshman 15,” it seems, is greatly exaggerated. That’s the average amount of weight that college freshmen supposedly gain after moving into dorms where beer and pizza are more plentiful than fresh …
Happy Insurance Regulation Day!
Today, some major health insurance regulations created by the Affordable Care Act kick in. These consumer protections have kind-hearted-sounding descriptions like “coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions,” but they come …
Study: City Life Spreads Disease, But If It Doesn’t Kill You…
Following the news that the rise of cities contributed to the spread of HIV is a more heartening take on urbanity: a history of city living may have helped some populations develop resistance to tuberculosis (TB).
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New at the School Fete: The Possum Throwing Contest!
A rural school in New Zealand has become the center of a brouhaha over a recent school fair in which an informal possum throwing contest was held.
Family MattersParenting
Similac Recall Outrages Parents: Are Beetles Bad?
In a press release to announce the recall of up to 5 million containers of top-selling Similac powder formula sold mainly in the U.S., drug maker Abbott Laboratories sought to soothe parents.
Another Study Questions the Benefit of Routine Mammograms
When the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) changed its screening-mammography guidelines last year — recommending against routine annual mammograms for women in their 40s — the announcement met with some resistance. …
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Is Katy Perry a Sesame Streetwalker, or Do Viewers Just Want Her to Be?
After a barrage of complaints, a video of Katy Perry playing tag with Elmo has been pulled from Sesame Street. Parents took exception to the revealing cut of her outfit, which, considering what she usually wears in videos, …