So Long, 'Granny' — Here Are the Non-Boring Grandparent Nicknames You Need

Kids Health

Grandparents’ Day only arrives every September, but isn’t every day an opportunity to celebrate our parents’ parents? After all, we’re pretty sure there isn’t anybody quite like them out there. And don’t they deserve a nickname that’s as original as they are? Maybe your kids’ grandparents are chic, stern, or goofy — but whatever they’re like, they’re more than likely […]

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If someone hurt you this year, forgiving them may improve your health (as long as you’re safe, too)

Health Problems

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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Liver transplant, weight-loss surgery combination benefits obese patients in long term

Health Problems

Obese patients who underwent a life-saving liver transplant and weight-loss surgery at the same time were better able to keep the weight off long term and had fewer metabolic complications than those who lost weight on their own before undergoing a liver transplant, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings were recently published in Hepatology. “This study shows that the combined […]

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