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July 08, 2011 FORWARD TO A FRIEND

America Sees Its Obesity Rates and Raises Them By Katy Steinmetz An annual report put out by two public health groups shows that America is getting fatter. Adult obesity rates have increased in 16 states in the past year, with 12 states now reporting at least 30% of their populations as [...] UCLA Hospitals to Pay $865,000 for Breaching Celebrity Patients' Privacy By Sora Song The Healthland Podcast: The Casey Craze, Autism and Tween TV By John Cloud, Belinda Luscombe and Sora Song This week we debate why America has gone precisely nuts over the Casey Anthony verdict. Also, we talk about new findings on the causes of autism. And we try to figure out how TV shapes tween values. Click the play button [...] Scientists Discover Why Sunburn Hurts By Tara Thean Scientists at King's College London have pinpointed the exact molecule that causes the stinging, tender pain of sunburn. Targeting the molecule could help pave the way to more effective pain treatments, not only for sunburn but also for other inflammatory [...] Is TV Teaching Kids to Value Fame Above All? By Belinda Luscombe Is fame more important to tweens than it used to be? A new study suggests that young kids of this decade are vastly more familiar with and are more likely to value individualistic personality traits like fame, achievement and wealth [...] City Kids Walk and Bike to School More Often By Meredith Melnick Kids who live in the city are more likely to walk or bike to school, compared with children in rural areas, a new study finds. That active commute helps youngsters boost their daily physical activity and may help improve their [...] Mind Reading: Why 50 Is Not the New 30, and How to Make the Best of It By Maia Szalavitz Mirth and menopause may seem an unlikely mix, but in her new book, Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty, Hollywood screenwriter Tracey Jackson manages to deliver women's health advice with an infectiously [...] Study: Providing Medicaid Coverage Benefits the Poor By Sora Song Does Cutting Salt Really Improve Heart Health? By Meredith Melnick Asking people to reduce their dietary salt intake can help them slightly lower blood pressure, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on their risk of heart attack or heart-related death, according to a new review of existing research. [...] Survey Shows Men Need to Cuddle, Women Value Sex By Meredith Melnick That old chestnut about women always wanting to cuddle? Myth, according to a Kinsey Institute study, which finds that kissing and hugging were more important to the happiness of men than of women. The study involved 1,009 heterosexual middle-aged and [...] FAN FOLLOW FEED Recent Topics All Topics » • Addiction • Body & Mind • Cancer • Exercise • Obesity • Parenting Editors' Picks Behavior Why Women Are Better at Everything By Meredith Melnick Drugs Teens and Drugs: Rite of Passage or Recipe for Addiction? By Alice Park Parenting The First Real-Time Study of Parents Spanking Their Kids By Bonnie Rochman Follow Healthland on Twitter Join today to start receiving HEALTHLAND's Twitter updates! RECIEVE UPDATES »