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Too Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk0
- Health & Healing
- June 14, 2012
According to the latest findings on the effects of too little sleep, sleeping less than six hours can increase your risk of a stoke fourfold. Yahoo! News, 6/12/2012
READ MOREToo Few Kids Getting Outdoors With Mom or Dad0
- Home & Family
- April 9, 2012
Researchers reported Monday that nearly half of all U.S. preschool-age children don’t get outdoors at least once a day for parent-supervised playtime, causing concern among experts who say early exercise habits could protect children from obesity later in life. Dr. Pooja Tandon, a pediatrician with the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle
READ MORETony Bennett Won’t Perform Duet He Did With Winehouse Solo: ‘It Wouldn’t Seem Right Without Amy’0
- Celebrity Causes
- September 18, 2011
Besides working with the late Amy Winehouse, the legendary Tony Bennett is now working with Lady Gaga for his new “Duets II” record. The duo worked together on a song called “The Lady is a Tramp”. Sunday night at the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan, the legendary Tony Bennett will be performing along with Elton
READ MORETommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep play older married couple looking to revive their marriage in ‘Hope Springs’0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- August 10, 2012
The film was written by a woman in her thirties writing about a couple twice her age. Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor is quoted as saying, "A lot of people stay in marriages and get comfortable. I don't think a huge number go about actually changing their marriage." New York Daily News, 8/7/2012
READ MOREToddlers With Low Self-Control Face Problems in Adulthood0
- Home & Family
- January 27, 2011
Kids who scored low on assessments of self-control as toddlers were more likely to have adult difficulties including health problems, alcohol dependence, financial problems and a criminal record, a new study shows (kids were assessed on measures of self-control by parents, researchers and teachers every few years during childhood). The Wall Street Journal, 1/24/2011 KEEP
READ MOREToddlers Can Remember Events, New Study Says0
- Home & Family
- December 31, 2011
A new study from New Zealand's University of Otago found that about 20% of a group of kids age 27- to 51-months could recall a "unique event" six years after it occurred. Out of the kids who remembered, two were under age 3 when the event happened. "Our new data provide objective evidence that events
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