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Students skip veggies, schools dump lunches

Program falters when kids refuse to eat

Districts reaping fewer profits from junk food, soft-drink sales

ATLANTA – There’s been a big shift in how many school districts take money from soda companies and ban junk food from vending machines, health officials say. A government survey f...

9M use sleeping pills to get some zzz’s

ATLANTA – Can’t get enough shuteye? Nearly 9 million U.S. adults resort to prescription sleeping pills – and most are white, female, educated or 50 or older, according to the first governmen...

New cap to curb fatal Tylenol overdoses

WASHINGTON – Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The unusual step, ...

New criteria increase number of men with depression

A new study finds that depression may be far more common in men than previously estimated. Women traditionally have been diagnosed with depression about twice as often as men, wit...

Health Brief

Mercy wins honor for medical records HIMSS Analytics has awarded Mercy Regional Medical Center a Stage 7 award for its electronic medical records system. Stage 7, the highest rank...

Hickenlooper recognizes brain-swelling condition

Durangoan, whose son has hydrocephalus, pressed for Colo. representatives’ support

Adventure not over for Lonely Planet founder

Wheeler’s new book chronicles travels in Congo, Colombia, Pakistan

Now might be time to set sail on a cruise

If you’re one of the 303 million Americans who won’t take a cruise this year, you might want to reconsider your vacation plans. This may be the time to head out to sea. The reason...

Cruising Alaska

Alternatives to pricey excursions when you reach a port

And the West is History

100 years ago: “Mildred Smith and her brother Herold, the children of Conductor Smith of the Rio Grande, came in accompanied by Norman Dempster, a young friend, from Decatur, Ill. The young ...

Airline seats get a makeover

Airline seats get a makeover