Obesity, thy name is youth
Younger Americans are fatter than ever, leading to $100 billion more a year in costs - in a country that does nothing about health care.
Give me an ‘Ow’! Give me an ‘Argh’!
Stuart Jeffries: Is cheerleading dangerous? According to the New York Times, acrobatic manoeuvres such as throwing women (known as "flyers") 20 feet in the air or forming human pyramids have made "knee braces and ice-bags accoutrements as common as mascara" among the US's four million cheerleaders.
In Rocky’s footsteps
Ever since the first Rocky film, fans have been running up the most famous steps in America in homage to their boxing hero. And their stories are just as inspirational as that of their idol, Sarfraz Manzoor discovers.
‘Unless you’ve been there, it’s very hard to judge’
By Hilary Simpson, whose severely disabled daughter is now 17.
Ashley’s story
When news broke that a disabled American girl had been given radical treatment to prevent her growing up, it caused a furore. Here, in an edited extract from his blog, her father explains why the family did it.
Frozen in time: the disabled nine-year-old girl who will remain a child all her life
· Parents fiercely criticised over 'offensive' surgery· Disability groups say case raises troubling issues
Regulator queries safety of anti-flu drug
US safety regulators have recommended adding a safety warning to the anti-flu drug Tamiflu after reports of 12 deaths and psychiatric symptoms among users in Japan.