Christine Ayala

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Linda McSpadden McNeil, director of the Center for Education at Rice University.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Dreamers.

One month after the U.S. Department of Education released figures showing gains in high school graduation rates, new data reveals improvement across all demographic groups.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Belinda Reininger, a professor of health promotion and behavioral science at the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus.

A landmark study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that allergy-prone children might benefit from early exposure to peanut protein – a reversal of long-standing practice.

Studies show that exercise, sleep, food choices and decision-making influence brain chemistry in ways that can bolster or replace pharmacological treatments.

Most people know that soda is loaded with calories but provides no nutritional benefit. Now researchers have found that soft drinks can also be linked to tooth decay and bone thinning.

Hospitals in states that did not expand Medicaid have not been hit with the financial burden expected in 2014, despite less funding under the Affordable Care Act, according to our content partner Kaiser Health News.

A report published in the journal Circulation found that the combination of high stress and serious depression increased the risk of heart attacks and even death in patients during an early onset period.

Nearly 11.7 million people either signed up or re-enrolled for insurance coverage under the U.S. health care reform law by mid-March, which is considerably more than the 9.1 million predicted by the Obama administration.