Health Report Now

Published: March. 8, 2012 at 3:02 PM NEW YORK, March 8 (UPI) – A federal pilot program in New York City aims to cut bureaucratic red tape for free school breakfast and lunch that will save money, a U.S. senator said. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said the pilot program will automatically enroll eligible New York [...]

Published: Jan. 19, 2012 at 1:48 AM UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Jan. 19 (UPI) — Weight gain — at least for middle school students — has nothing to do with junk food they can purchase at school, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Jennifer Van Hook of the Pennsylvania State University and Claire E. Altman, a sociology [...]

Published: Nov. 21, 2011 at 1:32 AM ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 21 (UPI) — A routine hit to the head during a high school football or hockey game may result in subtle injury even if there is no concussion, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Jeffrey Bazarian, associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of [...]

DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Five-year-olds dance hip-hop to the alphabet. Third-graders learn math by twisting into geometric shapes, fifth-graders by calculating calories. And everyone goes to the gym — every day. In the middle of America’s heartland, a small public school, Northeast Elementary Magnet School, has taken on a hefty task — reversing obesity. And [...]

Published: Sept. 14, 2011 at 6:26 PM MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 14 (UPI) — Packing a tasty and healthy school lunch may not be as hard as some parents think, a U.S. nutrition expert suggests. Jamie Stang, a nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota, says a good place to start when preparing a school lunch is [...]

Published: Sept. 11, 2011 at 11:54 PM CLEVELAND, Sept. 11 (UPI) — After a survey indicated 40 percent of Ohio teens had not been vaccinated against meningococcal disease, nurses began educating families about the health issue. The Ohio Association of School Nurses, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County health officials, and the Consortium for Healthy and Immunized [...]

Published: Sept. 11, 2011 at 11:54 PM CLEVELAND, Sept. 11 (UPI) — After a survey indicated 40 percent of Ohio teens had not been vaccinated against meningococcal disease, nurses began educating families about the health issue. The Ohio Association of School Nurses, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County health officials, and the Consortium for Healthy and Immunized [...]

Published: Sept. 9, 2011 at 12:45 AM SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 9 (UPI) — Nutritionists, dietitians, cooks and servers are getting set to serve an estimated 26 million U.S. children healthier school lunches daily, a food expert says. Phil Lempert — a food industry analyst, trend watcher and creator of the Web site supermarketguru.com — [...]

It is Fall again and time for Tweens to revamp last year’s wardrobe without delay. In Manhattan, hip girls like to shop at Lester’s, the go-to destination for contemporary fashion on the Upper East side. This coming Fall(or September), the popular 60-year-old retailer will be opening a shopping site on the World Wide Web to [...]

Published: Aug. 23, 2011 at 12:58 AM WOONSOCKET, R.I., Aug. 23 (UPI) — U.S. pharmacy chains are offering back-to-school vaccines and sports physicals seven days a week with no appointment, company officials say. “You might assume that your child is up-to-date with their shots, but immunization laws change and can vary among states and age [...]