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Anxiety during pregnancy may lead to hyper kids
CTVNews reports: Mothers-to-be may want to relax, according to a new study that suggests anxiety during pregnancy may make a child more susceptible to attention deficit disorders later on. Full Story
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Some suggestions to solve inevitable sibling rivalries
Debbie Glasser in The Miami Herald reports: Parents have been asking for tips to help their young children get along and stop arguing with each other. One mom said, “Our kids fight and compete…
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Anxiety during pregnancy affects child behavior
Karen Melnyk in the Eureka Alert reports: The idea that a woman’s emotional state during pregnancy affects her unborn child has persisted for centuries and has, in recent years, been supported by science. Called…
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Lower Teen Pregnancy Due to Less Sex, More Condoms
Reuters reports: Teen pregnancy rates dropped considerably in the 1990s, largely as a result of fewer teens having sex and better use of contraception, researchers announced Thursday. Full Story
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Caloric Needs During Pregnancy Higher Than Thought
Reuters reports: Pregnancy is associated with a rise in energy needs to support adequate weight gain and increases in metabolism. This increased need is not completely offset by reductions in physical activity, so women…
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Obesity deemed an illness
Marguerite Higgins in the Washington Times reports: Obesity is now an illness and can be covered by Medicare, the federal health-insurance program for the elderly and disabled. Full Story
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Report: Kids’ health, education improving
SIOBHAN MCDONOUGH in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: The family life, education and health of America’s children are generally improving, though child poverty has risen for the first time in a decade, according to the…
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More college-educated women adopt husband’s surname
Nicholas Zamiska of Everything Michigan reports: In a reversal of a three-decade-long trend toward more married women keeping their own names, increasing numbers of college-educated women are taking their husbands’ surnames, according to a…
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New ads put attention on adoption
Chicago Sun-Times reports: The government is beginning today an advertising campaign intended to recruit new families for kids in foster care who are waiting to be adopted. Full Story
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Domestic abuse affects workplace too
Stan Henry of the The Desert Sun reports: Domestic violence doesn’t stay home when its victims go to work: it affects productivity, increases absenteeism and raises the risk of violence in the workplace. Full…