1 in 3 Young Adults Ride With Impaired Drivers

MONDAY, March 19, 2018 -- One-third of young adults in the United States have been in a vehicle with a driver impaired by alcohol or drugs, a new study finds.

Riding with a marijuana-impaired driver was more common than riding with an alcohol-impaired driver, researchers found.

If Your Mom Was Big on Dieting, Your Kids May Pay the Price

TUESDAY, March 6, 2018 -- If your parents pushed you to diet as a teen, chances are you will do the same to your own children.

New research suggests that when parents focus on a teen's diet, it creates an unhealthy cycle that can harm generations to come.

Americans Still Not Safely Storing Their Guns

THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2018 -- With the deadly mass shooting at a Florida school once again putting U.S. gun violence in the spotlight, a new survey finds that more than half of American gun owners do not safely store all their firearms.

Safe storage means keeping guns in a locked gun safe, cabinet or case, locked into a gun rack or stored with a trigger lock or other lock, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who did the survey.

Can't Pay the Rent? Kids' Health May Suffer

MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2018 -- Millions of American families struggle to find and keep stable housing -- and the fight to do so may end up harming kids' health.

Researchers found that when families faced various types of "housing instability," moms had a higher risk of depression and kids were more likely to be in "fair" to "poor" health.