Corrected: Phone chats plus web program help smokers quit

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Getting personalized phone counseling along with web-based guidance makes it easier to quit smoking, suggests a new study.


Study finds racial disparities in weight-related counseling

When it comes to advising obese patients, blacks receive less weight reduction and exercise counseling from physicians than their white counterparts. This is according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who examined the impact of patient and doctor race concordance on weight-related counseling.


Divorce counseling bill introduced

The road to divorce for couples with children might become a lot longer under a bill introduced Thursday in the Legislature.