With the worst inflation in food prices in 20 years Americans are changing the way they eat to try and keep food costs in line with their incomes.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion a family of two eating on a thrifty meal plan will spend $4,092 on food this year, which is up $252 from a year ago, while the same size family eating on a liberal food budget will spend $8,008.80 on groceries this year, an increase of $496.80

Ottawa residents are joining the global bandwagon towards healthier living by increasing their intake of organic grown produce. The increased appetite by Ottawans for organic food was matched by a corresponding rise in the number of organic farms across Canada.

According to Statistics Canada, by 2006, the country had 3,555 farms that raised certified organic produce made up mainly of grain, oilseeds and hay. It was a 60 percent improvement from only 2,230 organic farms in 2001. Another 640 farms are making the shift to organic growing, while almost 12,000 already harvest organic food, mostly meat products, but do not have certifications

A recent study revealed that Canadian teenagers spend too much time in front of a screen, whether it be a computer screen, a television screen, or a video game screen. The statistics for it skyrocket in the case of kids belonging to lower-income households.

Experts drew their findings from an experiment that studied 1,293 students from the 7th grade, analyzed for five years. The subjects were asked to fill out surveys four times throughout the entire period, with the questions mostly centering on tobacco dependence

Health emergencies occurring during airline flights have doubled in the past six years, according to data from MedAire. For every 1 million air flyers, there were only 19 passengers who got sick onboard in 2000, by 2006 the figure had risen to 35.

On an annual basis the statistics boil down to 17,000 sick or injured air travelers in 2007. Almost 80 died while airborne, similar to what happened to a Brooklyn nurse who passed away on an American Airline flight in February

A study by the Harvard School of Medicine has shown people with a better education live longer. Those with more than 12 years of education, which includes more than a high school diploma, can expect to live to 82. However for those with 12 or fewer years of education, life expectancy is pegged at 75.

Lead researcher Ellen R. Meara, an assistant professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School said, "The life expectancy gained is really occurring much more so in the better-educated groups." The better-educated gained more than 1.5 years over the same period, the study showed