Health

Over the last two decades, Type 2 diabetes has not only become more common in people under age 18, but has also started to affect children as young as 6 years old.

In 2015, Dusti Grenus just wanted some accessible swings in her local playground. Then she decided to “go all the way.”

Police have yet to reveal a motive for the Abundant Life Christian School school shooting in Madison on Dec. 16, but researchers say shooter Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow had an online history that shows an obsession with violence and extremism.

Wisconsin’s health insurance program for people with limited income will soon offer help with housing for members with substance use or other mental health conditions.

The leading researcher on seasonal affective disorder and a mental health expert from UW-Madison discuss how to get yourself through the winter blues.

Researchers at UW-Madison have completed the first brain scans in a first-of-its-kind study on Alzheimer’s disease.

Third and fourth-graders at the Escuela Vieau school in Milwaukee made whole-grain pizzas Thursday as part of a larger curriculum.

Mom Sarah Knowles leads the Wisconsin Chapter of the Changing Spaces Campaign, which seeks to get more adult-sized changing tables and stations installed across the nation and world. 

The Wisconsin ​​​​​Office of Children’s Mental Health recently released a “Feelings Thermometer” to help people support their preschool aged children. The guide is meant to help young kids identify their big feelings, and manage them. 

Sleeping regulates our immune system, gives our body time to restore cells and “cleans our brain out,” said licensed sleep psychologist Dr. Rick Blackburn.