Insights

<p>Journalism students report on military health, dying from air pollution, and healthy workaholics, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Children in first through sixth grades in California schools are supposed to do a minimum of 200 minutes of physical education every 10 school days. Sorry, recess doesn't count. This fact will likely surprise many parents of elementary school kids, who know that their children do much less.&nbsp;

<p><em>Never write a story about a health-related treatment without talking about costs. </em>I wish health reporters would stitch that onto their pillows so they could see it every morning when they wake up.</p>

<p>An American doctor visiting Haiti on a medical mission assesses diabetes care in the still-ravaged country.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This week, the Prostate Cancer Foundation seeks a seasoned health media professional to cover global research projects and industry news. Also, be sure to apply for the Health Care Research and Journalism Awards by this weekend.</p>

<p>Because, in a nutshell, we find them all the same way – online.&nbsp; We don’t get ink on our fingers by reading a dozen or more newspapers every day.&nbsp; We – like an increasing number of people around the world – get our news online where blogs look just like stories from the newspaper, where business of health stories pop up just as consumer health stories pop up, where no caveats or mastheads appear saying:</p>

<p>Did a Los Angeles hospital dump a schizophrenic patient onto Skid Row, as his wife claims? Or did the hospital merely "drop him off" at a halfway house?</p>

<p>How good health and science journalism gets mangled by women's magazines: an explanation by a freelance journalist who's been there.</p>

<p>There is still much work to be done before we in Washington state can remove ourselves from the list of worst states for prescription drug deaths.</p>

<p>Should communities push local restaurants toward offering healthier foods? A new report offers some resources and ideas for your reporting.</p>