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Stricter school lunch nutrition standards reduce childhood obesity: Study
David Weinberg Apr 10, 2013
School lunch programs with stricter nutrition standards may be helping to reduce obesity in children, especially those who receive free or reduced lunches.
China tackles a new outbreak of bird flu
Rob Schmitz Apr 5, 2013
Officials in China announced today that a sixth person has died from a new strain of bird flu. 14 people near Shanghai have been infected, and today authorities there decided to close all of the city's poultry markets.
Dementia is highest cost disease and rising
Dan Gorenstein Apr 4, 2013
A report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the U.S. spends more on treating dementia than any other disease including cancer and heart disease.
NIH director welcomes BRAIN initiative
David Brancaccio Apr 4, 2013
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins says government funding is the best way to support large scientific enterprises and fundamental health advances.
Thinking ahead... way ahead: Millennials talk retirement
Youth Radio Mar 22, 2013
Older Americans staring at retirement in the face are finding it hard to save. So how does the millennial generation -- which faces a struggling economy and high student debt -- feel about life after work?
How to retire on just $25,000 in the bank
Tracey Samuelson Mar 19, 2013
In a recent survey, more than half of U.S. workers saving for retirement have less than $25,000 in the bank for the golden years. That's not a lot of money -- how do retirees survive on that?
5 simple tricks to avoid eating processed food
Melanie Warner Mar 12, 2013
A list for some tips and tricks to keep some processed foods to a minimum.
Leaving work after a Parkinson's diagnosis
Jeremy Hobson Feb 8, 2013
A banking analyst makes the decision to leave his job at the age of 51, two years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
The 'Retireless' -- Over 75, and still working
Kate Davidson Jan 25, 2013
The number of people 75 and older still working has grown over the last two decades -- some from need, but many because they want to.
Electronic health records aren't cutting costs so far
Dan Gorenstein Jan 11, 2013
Clunky programs, high costs and incompatible systems are factors in failure to save billions.
