Topic: Health
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Maps
Researchers Can Tell How Healthy Your Neighborhood Is From Your Facebook Page
Tracking obesity rates based on your interest in outdoor fitness, health and wellness, and television.
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The Best Idea Yet To Get People to Curb Their Junk Food Consumption
Are you listening, Mayor Bloomberg?
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Car Exhaust Hurts Children as Much as Second-Hand Smoke
European researchers believe 14 percent of chronic childhood asthma can be blamed on living near busy roads.
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Finally, a Good Reason to Send Somebody a Photo of Your Genitals
The "STD Triage" app lets you email pictures of your "intimate problem" to a panel of dermatologists.
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The Smell of Nature Is Almost As Good As the Real Thing, As Far As Our Brains Are Concerned
Hard science is finally backing up centuries of aromatherapy wisdom.
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Air Pollution Linked to More Severe Heart Attacks
Heart attack survivors are more likely to die over the following years if they live in an area with higher levels of pollution.
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The Fight for Jackson's Last Abortion Clinic
A new bill could rid Mississippi of its clinics. Here is what's at stake.
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Measuring a Neighborhood's Green Spaces So They Can Grow
One New York City neighborhood had basically given up on open space. But thanks to some new data, they were able to advocate for it, and get it.
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Charts
Dedicated Bike Lanes Can Cut Cycling Injuries in Half
So says a new study from Canada examining hundreds of injured cyclists and the roads where they wiped out.
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The Two Approaches to Cutting City Costs
There's a short-term and a long-term approach. Cities tried one, now they're looking to the other.
