The opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics aired Friday night. One 11-minute segment of the ceremony has sparked quite a bit of discussion in the days that followed. That segment, according to the ceremony’s media guide, honored “two of…

More than 40 percent of Americans – and 31 percent of the world’s population – are considered physically inactive. And while women may be the fairer sex, they’re also the lazier – 47.4 percent of American women are inactive. That’s…

With summer comes summer travel. As you prepare to hit the road (or sky) this summer, there are a few things you don’t want to forget. While vacation packing checklists usually include things like swimsuits and sunscreen, people don’t always…

Now, in as little as 20 minutes, a person can find out if he or she is HIV positive in the privacy of their own home. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home HIV test kit.…

As a health reporter, I’m probably more tuned-in to health issues than the average person. I get that. But the findings from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll regarding the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act are just…