For youngsters who turn up their noses at fruits and vegetables, slapping a cartoon face on a healthy snack could make those choices more appealing, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when ...

In September, every U.S. Congress member will receive a unique gift: a comic book. At the risk of disappointing Batman fanboy Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), it doesn’t chronicle the adventures of the ...

"Her business is robbery and coldblooded murder ... they call her Annie Awful ... She's a thief and a killer. She stops at nothing." Those lines sound like they're from an old detective movie, but ...

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has never shied away from speaking openly about his struggles with mental health or addiction - both of which played a major role in the downfall of his NFL career.

The cartoon takes viewers into a corner of the mind -- an unpleasant place populated by characters reminiscent of Popeye's nemesis Bluto and imps full of tortured thoughts who look a lot like ...

Ladies and gentlemen! Announcing a whole new film genre: Wonk Cinema!! And what we hope will be the first in a series of CommonHealth cartoons dedicated to helping people stay awake as they learn ...

The Sunday editorial cartoon titled "Everyone Agrees to help Reduce Health Care Costs" was not cute or funny. In fact, the cartoon was downright scary. Congress is currently working on a health care ...

It probably comes as no surprise to most parents, and regular readers of our blog, that kids prefer the taste of cereals marketed with popular cartoon characters. But a new study suggests that a box ...

An advertising campaign featuring cartoon characters shaped like male genitalia encouraged more men to get tested for syphilis in San Francisco, according to a new study. In the neighborhoods where ...