HIV Risk in US Higher Than Thought

April 08, 2009

According to a new study, a person in the United States gets infected with HIV every 91/2 minutes. That turns into about 56,000 people each year or 1.1 million people in the US overall. About 21% of them don't know they are infected (about 300,000 people) so they have a...

Childhood Obesity affects 20% of 4-year-olds

April 07, 2009

A new study shows that 1 in 5 American 4 year olds is obese. For American Indian children the rate is even higher - 1 in 3. That is more than half a million young kids who are too fat for good health and means many of them will have...

A Bike Helmet or Ski Helmet Can Save Your Life

March 30, 2009

A short time ago, a famous actress named Natasha Richardson was skiing on a beginners slope when she fell and hit her head. A few hours later she was flown to a hospital for problems that were caused by the fall. Doctors found out she had hit her head hard...

Childhood Obesity - Now a test in schools

March 16, 2009

Are you overweight? What if your school gave you a test a school to find out if you were? Well, in some states, now they do.

The first state to do this was Arkansas. The school measured every student's weight and height and did a math formula called...