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Quality Early Child Care Pays Off for Years, Research Shows
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“The effects of early child care may be more long-lasting than commonly believed, according to a new study.
“At age 15, teens who had high-quality child care in their early years performed better on academic and cognitive tests than did other teens, and they had fewer adolescent behavior problems, says study leader [...]
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There Is Science Which Reveals What Makes a Good Marriage Work…
This is a fascinating excerpt on why couples stay together, happily married.
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Google Maps Can Help Families When Patient Must Travel for Medical Care
This story includes 10 things which many people do not know that they can do with Google Maps.
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U.S. Researcher Has Genes Analyzed…and Learns About Some Surprising Health Risks
As the cost of having one’s own genetic code analyzed continues to drop—with some predicting the $1,000 genome analysis being imminent— what do people want to know? How? When? Really?
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Blood Types Used for Dating and Hiring in Japan…
We Americans talk about Type A’s as being take-charge people, executives who run things. Actress Reese Witherspoon says her mother calls her “little Miss Type A.” She is super-organized.
In Japan, this BBC story item says, being a Type A is not a good thing. They are not talking personality types. They are talking blood types.
In [...]
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Health Reform Bill Allows Parents to Keep Kids on Plan Until Age 26
A Commonwealth Fund study, says this story, showed that 45% of young adults between 19-29 had no health plan for at least some portion of the year last year.
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Con Artists Preying on Elderly and Poor..Pretend to be Government Workers… “Obamacare” Scams Abound
The dust has not settled yet. Major question about what the health care reform bill means still are being answered.
Yet.
There are more questions than answers at this point because it is large is scope and the details matter.
The only people claiming to have “the answers” for patients appear to be con artists, as this New [...]
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Everything Women Have Suspected About Men Having a Carbohydrate Dietary Advantage Is True
The unfairness now is proven. Male bodies do not process carbohydrate-heavy foods in the same way that female’ bodies do—a problem which, besides being irritating to females, also raises women’s heart disease risk.
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Mom Decides Whether Baby Sleeps on Back or Stomach
Whether a baby is put to sleep on his back or stomach is influenced by the advice his mother receives, as well as her own beliefs about comfort and safety, a cross-sectional study showed.
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One Hour of Exercise a Day Helps Teens at Genetic Risk for Obesity to Keep Weight Normal
Keep moving! That’s the message for everyone.
However, in this case, the keep moving message is especially important for teenagers who are at risk for obesity can wipe the genetic blackboard pretty clean with one hour’s physical activity each day.
This study was published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Families can help teenagers by adding [...]
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