This Week in Health, April 22, 2016: The health benefits of green space

04/22/16 • 12 min

This week's headlines: How green space can improve health, plus the new research center expanding our understanding of happiness, and the new concerns surrounding fast food.

This week's headlines: How green space can improve health, plus the new research center expanding our understanding of happiness, and the new concerns surrounding fast food.

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This Week in Health, April 14, 2016: The link between income and life expectancy

This week’s headlines: The dramatic life expectancy gap between rich and poor Americans, plus how one state plans to battle the mosquitoes that carry Zika virus, and scientists reveal the best way to wash your hands.

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This Week In Health, April 29, 2016: How does noise affect us?

This week's headlines: The effects of "infra-sound," a type of noise you can feel, but can't always hear, plus the new push to eliminate chewing tobacco from Major League Baseball, and new research linking spanking with negative outcomes.