Insights

<p>Do you fumble for words when you meet someone who is grieving? If so, these suggestions may help.</p>

<p>A new investigative journalism project on science and technology raised big money fast. Co-creator Jim Giles explains how they got backers and how you can pitch to the new magazine.</p>

<p>In the wake of the Oikos University mass shooting in California earlier this week, it's time to reconsider media coverage of mental health issues in the Asian-American community.</p>

<p>The dangers of relying on the body mass index, the threats to children's health, and saving money on health care, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Bioethicist Leigh Turner, recently under fire from a stem cell company he criticized for ethical problems, talks about his research on medical tourism.</p>

<p>"The renowned mythbuster of medicine" - as one blog calls John Ioannidis, MD, of Stanford&nbsp;- asks tough, important questions about the 100,000+ medical conferences held each year. Journalists and the public should learn from his warnings - since so much news is reported from these meetings.</p>

<p>Overdiagnosing breast cancer, health statistics by county, obesity worse than thought, and straight talk on the political causes of rising costs.</p>

Age stereotyping may be lurking in the corners of your life, so be on the lookout for it.

<p>To help combat the obesity epidemic, school districts are joining with local agencies – often for the first time – to work out a way to open their gates to the public after hours.</p>

<p>Medical Marijuana: Federal agents <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/04/02/federal_agents_ra… the “Oaksterdam” medical marijuana training school</a> today, briefly detaining school founder Richard Lee, one of the nation’s best-known advocates of medical marijuana, Terry Collins reports for the Associated Press.</p>