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- December 15, 2010
Taylor Swift's hit song, "Ronan," is about the too-short life of a little boy with cancer. Swift was inspired by the story of this boy when reading the blog, Rockstar Ronan, written by Maya Thompson, Ronan's mother. Ronan died of neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, three days before he was to turn four. The New York
READ MOREAdults who experience separation anxiety are often the same people who experienced it as children, because much of our lifelong "attachment style" is determined by how, as young children, we learned to relate to our parents. The Wall Street Journal, 9/18/2012
READ MOREA report released Tuesday morning by The Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explains that, by 2030, more than half of Americans could be obese, resulting in millions of new cases of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke — and costing the country up to $66 billion in treatment. ABC News,
READ MOREGood for You! to Bruno Serato, the chef who has served up almost 250,000 meals to children in need. Serato is also now involved in fundraising to help families get the housing they need. CBS Evening News, 9/14/2012
READ MOREA new study released today in the journal Pediatrics suggests it is OK to let babies cry while trying to fall asleep — a finding that may help settle a long-running debate among both parents and experts over whether allowing a baby to cry itself to sleep harms the child in the long run. ABC
READ MOREThe side effects of BPA, the chemical used in canned food linings, could linger for generations, new research finds. Rodale, 9/10/2012
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