Pelosi says House bill would let young people stay on their parents’ health plan until age 27

October 7th, 2009 Bill increases funds for food stamps, nutritionWASHINGTON — Nutrition, food stamp and dairy aid programs were among the winners as the House on Wednesday approved a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for the 2010 budget year. Reflecting the growing number of people scrambling to get by in tough economic times, the bill provides $58.2 billion for the food stamp program, a jump of $4.3 billion from last year.

October 6th, 2009 Stay-at-home moms younger, poorer; Flu shotsSTAY-AT-HOME MOMS: Move over, June Cleaver. Stay-at-home moms today are more likely to be younger, lower income, Hispanic or foreign born than their working counterparts.

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a major setback to President Barack Obama's plans to overhaul America's health care system, a Senate panel has rejected an amendment to include a government-run public health insurance option. The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday rejected two Democratic amendments that would have created a government-run "public option" with the panel's chairman bowing to staunch Republican opposition that he said would prevent final passage of a bill containing such a provision.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - Kids of working mothers are less healthy than those who stay at home, according to a new study. The study, which was conducted by Institute of Child Health on more than 12,500 five-year-olds, has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Child Health.

September 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research has suggested that Hippocrates' opinion on health and illness, that mind is significant in health and healing, is actually true. Nurse researchers and clinicians at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Hospital are looking at ways to prevent the damage excessive stress does to a young child's development.

September 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Don't spank your kids if you want them to be very intelligent. A ground-breaking research has found that children who are spanked have lower IQs.

September 17th, 2009 Pelosi worried about angry health care rhetoricWASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she worries that angry rhetoric over President Barack Obama's effort to remake the nation's health care system could incite violence. Speaking to reporters Thursday, the California Democrat was asked whether she was worried about the tone of the debate.

September 15th, 2009 DA: Robbers used health care ruse to raid NY homeRIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Prosecutors say a man wearing a stethoscope and a woman holding a clipboard forced their way into a New York home under the guise of distributing pamphlets on President Barack Obama's health care plan and shot the residents before stealing $4,000.

September 12th, 2009 Obama says status quo no solution on health careMINNEAPOLIS — President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive to get Congress to approve his chief domestic priority. "I will not accept the status quo as a solution.

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - Parents who stay at home and look after the household are the most stressed out, a new UK study claims. According to a research conducted by Mindlab Organisation, mothers or fathers who do household chores are more frazzled than those with traditionally high-pressure jobs, like city trading, teaching or nursing.

September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama warned that health care in the US has reached a "breaking point" and called for a serious effort to overhaul the system in the coming months, according to excerpts of a speech he is to deliver to Congress. Obama is looking to regain some momentum as Congress returns from a month-long summer recess, during which many legislators were shouted down by angry opponents at townhall meetings on the issue in their home states.

September 8th, 2009 White House says Obama will answer 'big questions'WASHINGTON — A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama will answer "many of the big questions" about how the nation should move forward on health care in his speech to Congress Wednesday night. But White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to provide any details.

September 8th, 2009 NorCal teen in Obama speech says experience 'cool'SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California teenager who was mentioned in President Barack Obama's education speech said Tuesday the experience has been "pretty cool." Andoni Schultz, 18, of Los Altos, has been battling brain cancer for 15 years but still graduated with his high school class in June and is attending college. Obama used his experience as an example of how students can overcome challenges.

September 2nd, 2009 Levi Johnston: Palin wanted to adopt grandchildANCHORAGE, Alaska — Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild, said the former Republican vice presidential candidate wanted to adopt his child so that people wouldn't know her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Johnston said Palin had a plan to deal with Bristol's pregnancy.

August 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Americans are more sceptical about President Barack Obama's health care reform than they were about Bill Clinton's health care proposals in 1994, a survey conducted by a Republican polling firm has found. Thirty seven percent of Americans are opposed to the Obama plan compared with 25 percent who favor it, a poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies shows.