Agencies that once espoused secrecy now endorse contact between birth parents, adoptive parents and the child.
Kalie and Joshua Kuhl are settling into normal baby life, but normal is times three. That’s three feedings, three diaper changes and entertaining triplets all day, almost simultaneously.
Sydney Ives’ life changed in May with one CT scan. She had been feeling overly tired and her mom, Tasha, noticed her usually chatty 9-year-old had become less so. Tasha chalked it up to a recent bout of strep throat. During her first piano lesson, Sydney lost the use of her right hand. That’s when Tasha suspected a more serious problem.
Monday through Friday, a child eats breakfast and lunch at school with friends and dinner with one or both parents surrounded by a host of strangers at the Red Cross Homeless Shelter.
Across the country, many programs that belong to the Meals on Wheels Association of America have lost volunteers who can’t afford the gas. Nearly half the programs have eliminated routes or consolidated meal services. Other programs are delivering more frozen or shelf-stable meals to cut the number of delivery days.
Learning the facts about high cholesterol is essential to good heart health.
Asha Salonspa in the District at CherryVale Mall, 7160 Harrison Ave., will host a Day of Health and Wellness from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.
Josh and Tyler Fagan are former local football stars, teachers, coaches and workout fanatics. They’re ready to try their hand at becoming Internet entrepreneurs. The brothers, both of whom were ALL-NIC-9 performers at Boylan in the 1990s, have launched a group of Web site products designed to market their knowledge of strength training to everyone from beginning exercisers to serious athletes.
Still sporting the big bangs? Got a cute haircut but don’t have time to style? If so, you’re not alone. Many women have trouble with their tresses, so we asked Weis-Morris DaySpa Salon to list the top five common hair mistakes women make.
Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain. The results from the small Australian study were only modest. But they back up observational studies showing potential mental benefits from physical activity.
Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain. The results from the small Australian study were only modest. But they back up observational studies showing potential mental benefits from physical activity.
Learning the facts about high cholesterol is essential to good heart health.
A new economic analysis shows that the HPV vaccine, which protects against the viruses that cause most cervical cancers and genital warts, could be a good financial investment in public health if given to those who have the most to gain: preadolescent girls and women up to age 21.
Caleb Richard happily licked a lollipop after his first eye exam this afternoon, proof that the process wasn’t really all that scary. The 5-year-old was in the office of Family Optical Centre Inc. because a state law that took effect Jan. 1 requires comprehensive eye exams for children entering kindergarten or enrolling for the first time in public, private or parochial elementary schools.
Dr. Mohamed Sajed, a neurologist, has joined SwedishAmerican Health System. He is accepting patients at SwedishAmerican Medical Group/Neurology & Stroke at SwedishAmerican Hospital, 1401 E. State St.
How do you get your kids to eat fruits and vegetables?