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Separation after divorce gets tricky for parents
Leslie Eaton in Duluth News Tribune reports: The United States remains a highly mobile society; a 2000 Census Bureau survey found that in a 12-month period, 43.4 million people changed residences. Americans have become…
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7 ways to radically cut your debt
M.P. Dunleavey in MSN Money offers some interesting advice on handling your debt. Among the many suggestions, she offer 7 ways to radically cut your debt: Reduce housing costs Drop a car Get (another)…
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Credit counselor: ‘Stop using credit cards’
Suan Erler in Northwest Indiana News reports: Those carrying credit card debt at variable interest rates, like those with adjustable rate mortgages and other loans, are likely to see corresponding hikes in their monthly…
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Parental depression affects the entire family
Bob Condor in Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: What’s news — and myth-busting in some circles — is that children in homes with a mentally stable dad and a depressed mother are almost as unaffected and…
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Teach Kids to Eat Healthy
Lynn N. Duke in The Ledger reports: The transition from freewheeling summer days to the structure of the school year is a good time to start children on a better eating plan. Getting children…
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College trips now often replace summer vacations
Bill Schackner, Amy McConnell Schaarsmith in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: For legions of families preoccupied with their children’s college choice, summer vacation has been supplanted by what might be described as a triathlon of academic…
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Study: Two health systems — black and white
CNN reports: Inferior qualifications and less access to resources among doctors who treat black patients may contribute to racial disparities in the quality of U.S. health care, authors of a study said Wednesday. The…
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Egg-freezing for fertility offers hope – and hype
Marie McCullough in Philadelphia Inquirer reports: guring out how to freeze a woman’s eggs so she can look forward to making babies with Mr. Right, even if he doesn’t show up until she’s halfway…
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Child seats urged for air travel
Alan Levin in USA Today reports: The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday renewed its call for mandatory child safety seats on airline flights, calling their absence “unacceptable.” But the agency responsible for investigating…
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Infertility Specialists Say Men Often Overlooked
Ned Potter in ABC News reports: Gynecologists do what they are trained to do: treat women. As a result, Lipshultz says, a woman may go through extensive testing and treatment. Half of the time,…