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It’s that time of year again. Ads are showing happy families, relatives are hugging each other and everyone is sitting down to eat for the holidays. But what did they leave out of the picture? Mom stressing out. Matriarchs, especially working ones, must balance a lot and that tends to intensify during busy times like the holidays. Why? Because the […]
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One year down. Ben Affleck recently reached a major milestone, celebrating 365 days of sobriety. “Ben is in a great place in his recovery and life,” a source close to the Oscar winner tells Us Weekly. “He continues to want to be the best father and friend he can be.” Affleck, 47, and his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, have been doing […]
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Is it just us, or did summer go way too fast this year? It’s hard to believe schools have already started in certain parts of the country (sorry, The South, we northerners feel your pain). Of course, no one wants their child to start of the year on the wrong foot, but there’s a chance you’re facilitating just that — […]
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A day of reflection for Jana Kramer. The One Tree Hill alum penned an emotional message alongside a photo of her nearly 3-month-old son, Jace, on Thursday, February 28, describing a life-changing event that occurred 365 days ago. “A year ago today, I got the news that I had yet again another miscarriage. It was after an IVF cycle. The […]
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A research team with the participation of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio) of the University of Valencia, together with FISABIO and CIBERESP, has carried out the first metatranscriptomic study of the gut microbiota of babies, which extends knowledge of the metabolism of intestinal bacterial communities during the first year of life with an unprecedented level of detail. This […]
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During the end-of-year holidays families often come together to exchange gifts and, sometimes, to confront long-held grudges. What better gift than a peace offering? Conflict is rarely pleasant and arguments in families can be particularly upsetting. We all know that knot in the pit of the stomach, the flushed face and sweaty hands we experience when we feel we have […]
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It can take up to a year for some bowel cancer patients in the UK to start treatment, according to international research co-ordinated by Cancer Research UK and published in the BMJ Open today. Researchers found that it took a year or more from first spotting a symptom to beginning treatment for 10% of patients in England, Northern Ireland and […]
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Pin Back-to-school means starting fresh — for kids and parents alike. A new teacher, new classmates, a new grade, a new and revitalized attitude toward school… and often all-new school supplies and clothes to boot. But how are companies marketing to that back-to-school desire to start over — and at what (and how wasteful a) cost? There’s a reason one […]
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A year of schooling leaves students with new knowledge, and it also equates with a small but noticeable increase to students’ IQ, according to a systematic meta-analysis published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Our analyses provide the strongest evidence yet that education raises intelligence test scores,” says psychological scientist Stuart J. Ritchie of the […]
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