Higher Humidity Lowers Risk of Flu

February 10, 2009

It's flu season and the flu can be serious - over 120,000 people get sick enough from the flu to have to go to the hospital every year. Getting a flu shot is one way to help you not get the flu.

Now a study from Mount Sinai...

Teen Drinking

February 08, 2009

Today's Boston Globe ran an article about Teen Drinking... that shows it not only happens in big cities, but also in small towns. Even in Vermont, which was named the healthiest state in the US in 2008, middle school and high school kids are drinking - a lot. In...

Single Mom Has 8 Babies

February 06, 2009

Recently a single mom with 6 kids at home went to doctors to help her have more kids. She ended up with 8 more - all at once. The babies were born months early and are still in the hospital. It's great to have kids and great for kids to...

Reduced pollution makes people live longer

January 27, 2009

The air in America is getting cleaner. And it's making a real difference.
A new study in today's New England Journal of Medicine showed that less pollution in the air since the 1970's is increasing people's lives. People are living 3 years longer and 5.5 months of that 3...