Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>Nearly everyone knows someone who's been affected by mental illness. Get tips from one of California's leading mental health advocates on how to cover mental illness in your community - and how recent budget cuts are affecting services for the most vulnerable.</p>

<p>A moving examination of how doctors choose to die, a big-money Prempro lawsuit, and FDA scrutiny of the HCG diet, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Bedbugs vs. humans, flabby school children, and cutbacks in lead poisoning prevention money, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>A recent Detroit Free Press column illustrates what happens when you cut mental health services in a community: jails become the new mental hospitals. Unsurprisingly, they’re not very good ones.</p>

<p>Reclassifying marijuana as a medicine, news on health disparities and a surprising link between pregnancy and heart disease, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Seeking more money for HIV/AIDS, payment for bone marrow donors, the fate of sick employees and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Too much arsenic found in fruit juice, good news for kids' health, and a drugstore chain's fight against prescription drug abuse, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>World AIDS Day means observances all over the globe. Instead of the usual event story, why not follow the money for HIV/AIDS treatment for people in your own community? Here are some tips.</p>

<p>Jail for Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray, children's health funds protected in California, and sobering news on HIV/AIDS, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Foster care for an obese boy, Global Fund money woes, and a surprising quality of life study, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>