Study: More Playtime Needed In American Schools
Playtime is taking a backseat to improving test scores in school – much to the detriment of American students, according to new research.
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Playtime is taking a backseat to improving test scores in school – much to the detriment of American students, according to new research.
We have all heard of therapy dogs, but what about a robot therapy dog? "Jennie" is a prototype robot therapy dog designed to help patients who are unable to care for a real pet.
Planet Fitness is giving high school students aged 15-18 the opportunity to work out for free all summer -- and the chance to win a college scholarship!
Your job may be killing you. A new report from the United Nations says stress from work, excessive hours and occupational disease are responsible for nearly 2.8 million deaths every year.
Sacramento County Public Health said Wednesday that a third person has a confirmed case of measles.
Hundreds of opponents of mandatory vaccines are in Sacramento to oppose a California proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school.
A new study says Americans are becoming increasingly sedentary. They spend almost a third of their waking hours sitting down, and computer use is partly to blame.
For the greatest health benefits, how much play time, screen time and sleep should your baby or young child have in a given day? The World Health Organization has some answers.
Whether you eat breakfast might be linked with your risk of dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Efforts to tax sugary drinks and limit how much soda can be sold in a single cup have stalled in the California Legislature.
California health officials say a baby has died from whooping cough - the first such infant death in the state since 2018.
This product "may contain feces." That's the label that one consumer rights advocacy group wants for the government to require meat distributors put on the food they send out to grocery stores.
Eight people in several states have been hospitalized with listeria infections, including one person who died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Eating even a moderate amount of red or processed meat is linked with an increased risk of colorectal (bowel) cancer, according to a new study published Wednesday.
