Students at Greenwood Elementary School gathered pledges for jump rope sessions to donate to the American Heart Association.

One day it’s 70 degrees, the next it’s 30. You think quick-changing weather does a number on your body?

Democratic voters are far more dissatisfied with the nation’s health care system than their Republican counterparts and much more likely to support a substantial increase in government spending to expand health coverage, a new report says.

My toes are weird. All my toes (except the big toe) are bent down. Is this normal?

For the second time in three months, the House failed Wednesday to override President Bush’s veto of a bill that would greatly increase spending on a popular children’s health insurance program.

The key to getting quality rest on a regular basis is figuring out what’s causing your insomnia.

Don’t want to spend a lot of time or money on specific new products? Softening your skin could be as easy as changing the temperature of the water you use to wash your face, or slightly varying your morning beauty routine just slightly.

Hillary Rodham Clinton says Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama has shifted his position on whether the United States should institute a “single-payer” health-care system that is run by the government. It’s an idea many health-care experts think is the best way to ensure coverage for all, but that many consumers reject as a move toward socialized medicine.

NAMI JOHNSON COUNTY: FAMILY TO FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM: 12-week course to help relatives of those with a mental illness understand and support their loved one while maintaining their own well being. 6:30-9 p.m. Feb. 5, Nall Avenue Church of the Nazarene, 6301 Nall, Prairie Village. Free. Register. (913-599-9995)

The journal Pediatrics is reporting today that babies recently exposed to widely used shampoos, lotions and powders had elevated levels of compounds suspected of causing reproductive and endocrine abnormalities.