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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Robin Brussel, 48, holds her 5-week-old son Noah Brussel as she checks on her granddaughter Joey Fowler Holmes, 4 months, whom she was watching at her home on Jan. 13 in Labadie, Mo.
Pregnant at 47? She enjoyed every minute
ST. LOUIS — Becoming pregnant at age 47 wasn’t a worry for Robin Brussel. “I enjoyed every minute of being pregnant,” she said. Still, it was a surprise. “I thought I was going through pre-menop...
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commercials offer good time to burn calories
Fitness experts are always telling us that incorporating movement into our day is a good way to burn calories. But is it effective? A study finds that walking in place during commercials while watc...
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What cures your cold can also kill your pet
If you are too cold to be outside without a coat, your dog probably is, too. If your cat eats just one of your acetaminophen cold or flu pills, it could be fatal. Those are just a few of the tip...
Jan 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Awareness of TV set dangers
CHICAGO — Before heading off to Minnesota more than a week ago, Adam Hadjis leaned over and kissed his 4-year-old daughter goodbye as she slept. It would be the last time he saw her alive. Giann...
Jan 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Prescription for heartache
With close to 2 million Americans dependent on or abusing prescription painkillers, a growing number of families are redefining their notions of what a drug addict looks like. “The person with t...
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Associated Press A baby looks at a monitor while wearing a band that contains a little magnet that the head-tracker, under the monitor, uses to determine head position, which in turn enables the eye tracker to find the eye and the pupil. New research suggests babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds -- they're lip-readers, too. It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first "mama" or "dada."
Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
WASHINGTON — Babies don’t learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they’re lip-readers too. It happens during that magical stage when a baby’s babbling gradually changes fro...
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US wants effective Alzheimer’s treatment by 2025
 WASHINGTON — The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer’s disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025. The Obama...
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How to … avoid unsatisfying snacks
A low-calorie snack can backfire if it doesn’t fill you up, nutritionists say. “It’s more important to choose something that will satisfy longer than to go for a snack simply because it may be lowe...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Whooping cough returns as vaccine is modified
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. — mostly babies and toddlers — were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against “this menace,” as one newspaper called it, were intro...
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Why we’re fat: Simple question with many complex answers
ORLANDO, Fla. — What’s making Americans so fat? Many think the answer is that we eat too much and don’t exercise enough, but the reasons are more numerous and complex, say obesity researchers. A...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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