Medical professionals are increasingly using games in their efforts to make people healthier. Is the trend here to stay?

Whether you have asthma, diabetes, depression or are a recovering stroke victim or a cancer patient in remission, your doctor may soon be suggesting health games as a way to improve your well being. At a health care conference over the weekend, KRCB science reporter Danielle Venton caught up with some experts in the field and brings us this story.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences often have severe consequences. But new interventions are helping.

ACES - Adverse Childhood Experiences - have been identified as a frequent root cause of poor health and bad behaviors. Now, efforts to lessen their long-term consequences are beginning to take hold.

You can find links to those resources, and hear more directly from Jane Stevens, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org slash news. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

What was life like on the Sonoma Coast 1000 years ago?

The Sonoma County coast has been populated for at least 8000 years, but most of the changes that area has seen have come in the past two centuries.

Tom Origer will lead a workshop on the Archeology and History of the Sonoma Coast on Saturday at the Bodega Bay Fire Station, beginning at 9 am. Find details about that and hear more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org slash news. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

Looking for a rental in the North Bay? Don’t expect it to be easy to find one - maybe for years.

Rental vacancies across the North Bay are at record lows these days, and regional housing market observers say that’s not likely to change any time soon.

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Teaching sustainability is a key first step toward accomplishing it, as we hear from a professor of the subject.

Most pathways to long-term societal sustainability begin by thinking differently about that objective. So says the San Diego educator who co-wrote the book on “Sustainability in Higher Education.”

Dr. Chase will be speaking at Santa Rosa Junior College his afternoon on “Sustainability in Higher Education: Strategies for Transformation.” His talk is at 12:15 in Newman Auditorium. You can now hear this and other recent stories on the new North Bay Report Facebook page and on the North Bay Report webpage at radio.krcb.org/news. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

Connecting new farmers with land:

Landowners interested in leasing to local farmers can learn more about what's involved next Thursday in Santa Rosa.

Sonoma County prides itself on its agricultural history, but high land costs are making it difficult for the next generation of farmers to get a foothold. An alliance of farmers, landowners and public agencies are hoping to change that. KRCB reporter Danielle Venton has the story.

The event "Growing Our Farms" takes place at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on April 23 in the afternoon. For more details visit the new North Bay Report Facebook page and the North Bay Report webpage at radio.krcb.org/news. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

Math problems must be written down correctly before they can be solved. A specialized app helps students with that essential first step.

Mod Math is an app that helps students with disabilities do their arithmetic homework. But it doesn’t add, subtract, multiply or divide.

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No one knows for sure what California looked like a thousand years ago. But Laura Cunningham has a pretty good idea.

Even before the first western men reached California, the natural environment was altered by the presence of native people. In an impressive work or historical ecology, Laura Cunningham illustrates what the state might have looked like then - or even hundreds of years earlier.

You can see some of the ancient landscapes from State of Change, and hear more from author and artist Laura Cunningham, on the North Bay Report webpage at radio.krcb.org/news. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

How does using a bicycle to power a blender motivate high school student to drive less?

A primary goal of the Center for Climate Protection’s high school outreach program, called Eco2School, is encouraging students to drive less. But they’ve found some fun ways to make their serious point.

See pictures and hear more about the Eco2School Challenge Program on the North Bay Report webpage at radio.krcb.org/news. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

The incidence of autism is rising, but the disorder remains a mystery. A new genetic study hopes to help identify causal factors.

Kaiser Permanente is launching a large-scale genetic study of children on the autism spectrum and their parents, in hopes of unraveling the factors causing the disorder, and recent increases in the rate of diagnoses.

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