Health

Local activists protest for more HIV/AIDS subsidized housing.

Open your eyes: Get some sleep. Studies say sleep deprivation could make you moody and obese.

A Washington, D.C, man has released a very personal book on the rarest of topics - living with polio.

Life on campus can be great. Living in a building with a bunch of your closest friends, eating dinner together family style and meeting people from all over the world. But, it can also be a great place to catch the flu. Sophomore Alexandra Brandon has experienced this firsthand. "Last year I lived on campus and got the flu twice," she said.

As winter approaches, so too does temptation. American University is one of several campuses in the District trying to combat the "Freshman 15." Surprise, surprise - eating well and exercising will help.

Advances in technology revolutionize one of Americans' most divisive habits.

A Senate hearing looked at the possibility of increasing oversight for advertisements that market medical devices directly to consumers.

For the first time in a decade, D.C. officials can use local funds to subsidize needle exchange programs.

Jim Huyett doesn’t care if budget-conscious shoppers at the Dupont Circle farmers market buy his produce.

“You don’t go to a market to buy cheap,” said Huyett, a fifth-generation farmer who runs the Sunnyside Farm & Orchards in Charles Town, W.Va. “If you buy from me, you have to pay the prices.”

Huyett says his prices have always been high compared to grocery stores, but with the recent rise in food prices, he says they are more competitive.

A seasonal recipe with ingredients straight from the farmers market.

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