Suicide -- the most unnerving, gut-wrenching, yet familiar word of the 21st century. But 20 years ago, it didn’t hold the same commonplace. Not even close.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national suicide...

By 2030, nearly 16.9 million children in the United States will suffer from obesity, according to the World Obesity Federation.  This means that 16.9 million children -- 4 million more people than the entire population of our state -- will risk diabetes,...