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It’s bittersweet when your child finally reaches an age where they can join family game night as a player instead of a watcher. On the one hand, you can’t even fathom that your little one is already outgrowing their stacking rings and rattles. On the other, you’re excited to introduce them to the games you enjoyed as a kid, starting […]
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Some 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year. Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes ticks, the disease if left untreated can cause serious neurologic, cardiac, and/or rheumatologic complications. Current testing for Lyme disease, called the standard 2-tiered approach or the STT, involves running two complex assays (ELISA and western […]
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Angelina Jolie is singing her son’s praises! “I’m so happy for [Maddox] that [he has] grown up into such a good man,” the actress, 44, gushed to Entertainment Tonight at the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil premiere in London on Wednesday, October 9. “I say that because he’s smart and he’s doing his work, but he’s also wild. He’s balanced in his teenage years.” The 18-year-old […]
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First-time parents! Amy Duggar and her husband, Dillon King, welcomed their baby boy to the world on Wednesday, October 9. Earlier in the day the couple revealed that their son, Daxton, was due to arrive via C-section. “Brb.. we’re gonna go be parents now!!” she captioned a photo of the couple outside what looked like a hospital. “Surprise!! Our little […]
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In the 1970s, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger coined the word “burnout” to mean “a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by one’s professional life.” According to Freudenberger, burnout isn’t a mental illness; rather, it’s a stress state characterized by symptoms such as fatigue, irritability and insomnia. And recent research suggests that parents can succumb to burnout. In fact, low to moderate correlations […]
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Mental Health Awareness India: Parents must keep communication doors open, be positive and non-judgmental, listen and express support, care, love while acknowledging their thoughts and their challenges. By Ajeeta Mulye Mental Health Awareness: Adolescence is an important transitional as well as turbulent stage where the young experience many changes physically, cognitively, socially, emotionally and behaviourally. These phases come with their […]
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Elvis Duran gets by with a little help from his friends. The Elvis Duran and the Morning Show host opened up in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly’s Marc Lupo about how his pal Dr. Mehmet Oz inspired him to lose 140 lbs in an effort to save his life. How Ageless Kate Beckinsale Keeps Her Body in Such Amazing […]
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Using sex-specific scores on memory tests may change who gets diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by 20 percent, with possibly more women and fewer men being diagnosed, according to a study published in the October 9, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to dementia, is when […]
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Among her many red carpets alongside her children to promote her newest film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Angelina Jolie appeared at the movie’s London premiere on Oct. 9, 2019, with her four youngest — twins Knox and Vivienne, 11, plus older daughters Shiloh, 13, and Zahara, 14 — in tow. Almost seven months earlier, Jolie treated them to the circus-themed pre-party […]
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Columbia researchers have restored normal working memory to a mouse model of schizophrenia, eliminating a core symptom of the disorder that, in people, has proven virtually impossible to treat. Working memory is a fundamental brain process used to retain and recall information on the fly, such as remembering a new phone number long enough to dial it. It is severely […]
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