Author: Marissa Harshman
Depression top illness among teens
Depression is the leading cause of illness and disability among boys and girls ages 10 to 19 – higher than traffic injuries, anemia, asthma and self-harm. The World Health Organization’s recently […]
Magazine declines bikini weight-loss photo
A 28-year-old Illinois woman and healthy lifestyle blogger is making headlines after Shape magazine contacted her for a success story profile. The magazine wanted to highlight Brooke Birmingham’s 172-pound weight loss […]
Dirty Dozen
The Environmental Working Group this week released its annual Dirty Dozen list of produce with the highest levels of pesticide residues. The report highlights the cleanest and dirtiest conventionally grown fruits […]
New teen trend: “Beezin”
Teens have come up with a new trend to add to the list of crazy ideas like swallowing spoonfuls of cinnamon and snorting crushes Smarties. The latest: “Beezin.” That’s when kids take […]
Bigger horses needed to carry bigger Americans
Wranglers in the West are adding bigger horses to their stables in order to carry heavier tourists. Ranches are now using draft horses for overweight riders, according to an Associated Press […]
Sneezes travel farther than you think
Dude, cover that multiphase turbulent buoyant cloud. A new study by MIT researchers shows that sneezes and coughs have associated gas clouds that keep their droplets floating over greater distances than […]
Google’s “smart” contact lenses
Google is getting into the contact lens business. But, because it’s Google, they aren’t creating just any contact lenses. Google announced this week on its blog that it’s testing a “smart” […]
Running with dogs
Runner’s World magazine is combining two of my favorite things this week: running and dogs. Today, Runner’s World kicked off dog week and promised a week full of stories about running […]
Washington at both ends of obesity scale
Washington has one of the most obese and one of the least obese communities in the U.S. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index surveyed more than 500,000 adults living in 189 different metro […]
Cost of childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is a costly issue in the U.S. New research estimates the price tag is about $19,000 per child. Researchers from Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School […]