Food makers afraid of ruining taste
WASHINGTON — Think cooking the perfect Thanksgiving dinner is stressful? Something else is far more likely to raise your blood pressur...
Rules deal with seat height, belts
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters proposed new rules Monday to improve the safety of school bus seats a...
ATLANTA — For decades, heart disease death rates have been falling. But a new study shows a troubling turn — more women under 45 are dying of heart disease due to clogge...
Dentists are bracing for the fallout from the annual sugar binge known as Halloween: a cavity filled with Laffy Taffy, plaque from Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and worn en...
Radiation dose much higher
ORLANDO, Fla. — A type of "super X-ray" showed promise in its first big test as a potentially cheaper, faster and painless way to find out whet...
Thousands of kids have disorder
ATLANTA — A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult.
Both ...
Personal Web pages: A new threat to kids, and a parent’s worst nightmare. They can lead to drugs and sexual predators.
That’s right; teens now can obtain drugs and be vi...
Over 1,500 Butler County parents 'get it'. They understand their role in drug prevention and brought their children to the Reality Tour Drug Prevention Program, sitting...
Terms for inhalant abuse of common household items include sniffing, snorting, bagging; fumes inhaled from a plastic bag; or huffing; inhalant-soaked rag in the mouth.
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My name is Sara. I'm 18 years old. I'm pregnant and in school in the 11th grade.
I was asked to write this by a wonderful person. I thought I couldn't pas...
