In a typical American high school classroom, three students one boy and two girls have attempted suicide over the past year.

Since the U.S. Surgeon General's "Call to Action to Prevent Suicide" in 1999, focus has risen on suicide as a public health crisis. The incidents add up to 30,000 deaths a year among all Americans

At least one in five Americans has, or is at serious risk for developing, diabetes. Health organizations now warn millions are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

In its biannual report on diabetes, the CDC revealed last week that 20.8 million Americans are now living with diabetes, a 14 percent increase from the18.2 million the CDC reported in 2003. Another 41 million have pre-diabetes, the condition that indicates an increased risk for developing both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It is estimated that heart disease and stroke kill two out of three people with diabetes

Brooke Shields teams up with a free and confidential educational service called Fertility LifeLines to announce a national infertility awareness campaign encouraging women to know their options, ask fertility questions, and take action early.

Shields, who tried unsuccessfully for over one year to have a baby before getting the help of a fertility specialist, is now the proud mother of daughter Rowan. She acknowledges her experience with infertility was isolating, causing feelings of failure and frustration and says that until she and her husband consulted a fertility specialist, they didn't know how many options were available to them

A new interactive Website from the Women's Health Foundation offers women down-to-earth information about what may be one of the last "taboo" personal issues: bladder problems.

Embarrassment over the issue has had a significant effect on women's ability to get help and has created a void in U.S. research data on the subject

A new interactive Website from the Women's Health Foundation offers women down-to-earth information about what may be one of the last "taboo" personal issues: bladder problems.

Embarrassment over the issue has had a significant effect on women's ability to get help and has created a void in U.S. research data on the subject