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Category: HEALTH

Challenges of college with autism

Topic created on 5/15/2012 5:58:19 AM

Reporter Susan Hendricks looks at the challenges of going to college when you have autism spectrum disorder.

'Social jet lag' harming your health

Topic created on 5/14/2012 7:41:52 PM

Do you turn off the alarm and sleep in on weekends? Those two-day sleep vacations may be opening the door to weight gain.

Opinion: Global health within our grasp, if we don't give up

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:40:12 PM

Jeffrey Sachs: Innovations in health care can save millions of children's lives each year if wealthy nations continue to fund the efforts in poor nations.

Mid-life depression linked to dementia

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:18:58 PM

People who have symptoms of depression in middle age may be at increased risk of dementia decades later, a new study suggests.

A bit of good news for American moms

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:18:09 PM

The U.S. has moved up six places -- from 31st to 25th -- in the annual Save The Children State of the World's Mothers report, putting the states between Belarus and Czech Republic.

Finishing a marathon after 16 days

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:17:14 PM

Paralyzed marathon runner Claire Lomas finishes the London Marathon 16 days after the start of the race.

We need safer drugs for our kids

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:15:33 PM

Today, four out of five children hospitalized in the U.S. are given medications that were never tested for them. They're not simply Mini-Me's, Harriet Washington says, but we treat them as such.

Small daily changes to make now

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:14:42 PM

Jane and Kathy Freston team up on a journey to a healthier lifestyle.

A bit of good news for U.S. moms

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:13:02 PM

The U.S. has moved up six places -- from 31st to 25th -- in the annual Save The Children State of the World's Mothers report, putting the states between Belarus and Czech Republic.

So you're a cyborg -- now what?

Topic created on 5/9/2012 11:01:15 PM

In some ways it doesn't matter that we're pushing buttons with our fingers instead of our thoughts. We have become just as dependent on networked devices as we used to be on our skulls.