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A new statistical estimate shows that, by closing schools, authorities could potentially prevent up to 21 percent of new swine flu cases. The investigation was conducted in eight European countries, and scientists determined that schools were one of the main ways through which the viral strain infected additional pop... |
28 November 2009
06:13 GMT |
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In a recently released report, the Pew Research Center shows that, in order to mitigate the effects that the poor state of the economy is having on their budgets, more and more young adults choose to return home, and live with their parents. While this may not necessarily be their primary choice, it is also the only ... |
25 November 2009
01:33 GMT |
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A new scientific study seems to suggest that children are far better at detecting the tricks behind optical illusions than the elderly. This ability may be partially owed to the different way in which the two age groups size up the target objects, and relate their sizes to everything around them. This may also mean, ... |
24 November 2009
06:35 GMT |
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A new scientific study has recently revealed that the real reason children ask 'why' all the time is because they want to get to the truth, and not to step on their parents' nerves. The research has also demonstrated that the small ones appear to react better to some answers than to others, which is re... |
23 November 2009
10:55 GMT |
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Studying precisely how much time children spend in front of the TV set is very difficult, especially in societies where parents don't get to spend as much time with their juniors as both of the parties would want to. This type of settings offers the perfect conditions for excesses to occur, and watching TV is on... |
23 November 2009
09:02 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it may be that parents should allow for their children to play in the sand, and get dirty. Apparently, this is of tremendous use to the skin's development, as the organ basically learns to take care of itself, something that will come in handy later on in life. While some may... |
23 November 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Everyone who has ever wiped out dust from an entire house can tell you that, just hours after cleaning, the stuff always returns undisturbed, as if nothing ever happened. This is naturally a nuisance to people who spend hours trying to clean up. Most of us have also wondered as to where all the dust keeps coming from... |
13 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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For centuries, children have been educated in the spirit of their families, without too much outside influence, and less influenced by their peers than today. It's arguable whether those children turned out to be individuals or not, but the main point is that they were not subjected to the many perks that childr... |
13 November 2009
10:37 GMT |
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Over the past few years, actual telephone calls or e-mail accounts have been rendered obsolete by the advent of the SMS (Short Message Service). This has been most visibly reflected in the preferences of young people today. Polls indicate that most people under the age of 21 now use messages to stay in touch, rather ... |
11 November 2009
19:31 GMT |
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41-year-old singing sensation Celine Dion is not expecting her and husband Rene Angelil’s second child, Rene himself tells the media. Although widely reported back in August that she was pregnant, it turns out the fertility treatment she recently underwent has proven unsuccessful, Us Magazine reports. “... |
11 November 2009
10:39 GMT |
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English scientists from the University of Manchester, led by Dr. Matthias vom Hau, have recently announced that the conclusion of their latest study is ominous – nearly all textbooks the team analyzed over the course of the investigation had political messages, most of them nationalistic. Hundreds of textbooks ... |
11 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission clearly states that children under six are not allowed to drive an ATV, while also saying that two persons should not get on one at the same time. Jon Gosselin violated both stipulations by taking one of his children with him on a ride over the weekend, thus getting safety ad... |
9 November 2009
11:56 GMT |
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What with getting ready to get back into top shape with the help of VH1’s reality show “Celebrity Fit Club,” Kevin Federline seems to have everything planned out for him. Except for one thing, the National Enquirer claims (story via PopCrunch): another baby. Federline’s current girlfriend, Vic... |
6 November 2009
10:34 GMT |
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Antibiotic over-prescription is a very serious problem in the world today, but especially in civilized countries. Here, pediatricians often prescribe way too much medicines for children for a very harmless disease, and the trend appears to be accelerating every year, analysts say. According to a new study, it would s... |
6 November 2009
06:59 GMT |
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Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants are surgically mounted electronic devices, which are generally used to provide a sense of sound to people who are either deaf, or very hard of hearing, due to inherited or obtained medical conditions. The instruments function by directly stimulating the auditory nerve, rather th... |
6 November 2009
05:31 GMT |
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Not long ago, as he was confirming that his current girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, was pregnant, Mel Gibson joked about the media being able from then on to call him OctoDad, after the model of Nadya Suleman, the OctoMom. Now that Oksana has given birth to the couple’s first child but Mel’s... |
2 November 2009
03:00 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study conducted in the United Kingdom, slightly less than half of Primary 7 students (aged ten to 11) have social-media accounts, on sites such as Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or Hi5. Approximately 48 percent of the 3,657 children that were analyzed, as part of the Kids’ Life a... |
28 October 2009
07:40 GMT |
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Michael Jackson’s three children have all found their own ways of dealing with the sudden death of their only caring parent, La Toya Jackson says, as cited by ABC News. Still, since this is an event that a child can hardly cope with on his or her own, a counselor has also been hired to talk them through this di... |
27 October 2009
12:22 GMT |
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Last year, actor Jude Law was in a relationship with model Samantha Burke, who just gave birth a few weeks ago to a daughter, Law’s fourth child. The latest issue of Hello! magazine comes with the first photos of Burke and daughter Sophia, together with an interview about how Law has so far refused to become in... |
27 October 2009
04:42 GMT |
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It wasn’t long ago that one economist set out to prove the world that having children wasn’t the way to happiness for married couples, but rather their way of deceiving themselves about what life had in store for them. Despite this, a new study comes to show that children do actually bring happiness and s... |
26 October 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Khloe Kardashian is married. Kourtney Kardashian is expecting a baby this December. It’s no wonder people are asking themselves whether the more famous sister, television personality and former socialite Kim Kardashian, is also planning on starting a family of her own, especially now that she got back with Regg... |
23 October 2009
11:02 GMT |
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In June this year, Kendra Wilkinson, former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, announced that she was expecting a child with then-fiancé now-husband Hank Baskett. A few weeks later, the star revealed they would have a baby boy, much to Hank’s delight. In the meantime, she’s been enjoying her pregnancy, abo... |
23 October 2009
03:38 GMT |
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Back in the days when she still hadn’t announced she was pregnant again, Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of singer Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, took a lot of flack in the media for her weight. Some tabloids, unaware of her condition, even went the extra mile and said she was beginning to resemble h... |
20 October 2009
08:43 GMT |
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Reports of Heidi Klum going into labor and eventually being admitted to the hospital have been making the rounds since last Friday, but they were one by one infirmed by a spokesperson for the family. Today, it has emerged that Heidi did, indeed, give birth late on Friday, she and husband Seal welcoming the fourth add... |
13 October 2009
07:46 GMT |
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Skin cancer is one of the most widespread forms of the disease, and it hits regardless of the age group, social status and other socio-economic factors. Its causes have not yet been precisely determined, but one of the main culprits for new cancer cases is the sun. Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation can trig... |
10 October 2009
05:22 GMT |
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Jennifer Hudson gave birth to her first child, a baby named David, in August this year, after a very quiet pregnancy that was not confirmed until the child was already delivered into the world. The Oscar-winning singer is now telling People magazine that motherhood has changed her in ways she never even imagined poss... |
9 October 2009
09:42 GMT |
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO), formerly the Patent Office, is, let's say, a peculiar organization. Recently, it became fond of the idea of constructing a space capsule, to be opened no sooner than 2020. For its enterprise, the IPO asked about 85,000 children and young inventors to set their ideas on pap... |
8 October 2009
06:57 GMT |
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The American Girl line includes now a doll named Gwen that’s based on a character that is homeless. Created by longstanding manufacturer Mattel, Gwen has come under serious fire because, as some put it, it sends the wrong message to children playing with it, leaving aside the fact that it shamelessly capitalize... |
7 October 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Children who experience verbal and physical abuse may be at significant risk of dying faster than peers who were not subjected to such treatments, a study finds. The paper reveals that beatings and curse words can take years of a child's life, and that those who went through six or more so-called adverse childho... |
6 October 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Developing countries, through their very nature, have very poor healthcare systems and coverage, therefore a large number of people dies from conditions that would merely inconvenience people in the developed world. Pneumonia is a good example of such a disease. In its basic forms, it is easily treated with antibioti... |
6 October 2009
03:07 GMT |
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Where, 25 years ago, children dreamed of becoming teachers, doctors or pilots, today’s young ones have different aspirations. They want to become celebrities, pop or sports stars in particular, mostly by the model they see on television in the ever-so-popular talent competitions, a new study reveals, as cited b... |
2 October 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Mariah Carey and husband of one year and a half Nick Cannon are ready to start a family, and are already making plans for a baby in their life, the two admit in a recent interview with InTouch magazine. Rumors of Mariah being pregnant surface with almost clocklike regularity, but, clearly, they have always been prove... |
2 October 2009
03:22 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, mothers and fathers distort the knowledge they pass on to their children considerably and systematically. And we're not talking about religious indoctrination here, which parents practice willingly, but about stretching the “truth” to extensive lengths. Th... |
29 September 2009
14:01 GMT |
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According to leading experts, it may be that the century-old habit of spanking children may do them more harm than good. It may, indeed, make them move more hastily, or even teach them not to do something (for a while, at least), but it could also lower their intelligence coefficient (IQ), scientists report. The rece... |
25 September 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Experts from the University of Alberta, in Canada, have recently discovered in a new study that chat and texting speak does not seem to adversely affect children's ability to learn language properly. Known among parents and teachers for the seemingly barbaric abbreviations it uses, the specific language that is ... |
22 September 2009
17:31 GMT |
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According to a new report released by Manchester Metropolitan University scientists, it may be that being perceived as good or bad in the classroom is not something that is entirely up to the individual children themselves. The paper reveals that, once parents, other students, and teachers form an opinion about a chi... |
21 September 2009
02:30 GMT |
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Though it may seem surprising, today, children still prefer writing their longer essays and other texts using a pen rather than a keyboard. And, apparently, they are good at it too. A new scientific study has revealed that they write both better and faster when they do not use a keyboard. The investigation was conduc... |
17 September 2009
20:51 GMT |
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Experts at the LENA Foundation have recently announced the development of a new device that can spot autism at a very early age. According to their press release, the machine is able to detect the disease in children as small as two years old, which is a progress from the 5.7 years usual methods take. It relies on id... |
15 September 2009
14:51 GMT |
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In a first of its kind study, experts at the University of Massachusetts looked at how interactions between parents and their children were influenced by a TV running in the background, even if the participants did not mind it directly. They found the correlation to be negative, both in terms of how much parents were... |
15 September 2009
09:35 GMT |
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09/09/09 was considered by some (who were obviously wrong) a fatidic day that would bring about the end of the world. Others, more optimistic, said it was the luckiest day of the year, since the number nine signified completion, therefore, by repetition, ultimate happiness. For socialite Nicole Richie and partner Joe... |
10 September 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Earlier last month, Jon Gosselin, star of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” was speaking out for the first time to squash allegations that he was willingly exploiting his children by exposing their life on camera. He was not “selling out” on his kids for a quick buck, Gosselin was saying at the time, but t... |
2 September 2009
09:45 GMT |
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Ever since the sudden death of singer Michael Jackson, his three children have spent their days relatively shielded from the media attention, mostly thanks to the efforts put in by their grandmother, Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson. Just recently, though, paparazzi spotted Paris Jackson, the singer’s ... |
1 September 2009
09:44 GMT |
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In rural Indonesia, smoking is a fairly common habit and can be met at every corner. However, because the region is so impoverished, there is little money for buying cigarettes, and a new study has revealed that most men who smoke there take money out of their families' food budget in order to satisfy their own ... |
24 August 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Despite regulation aimed at preventing this, the number of alcohol commercials promoting beer and spirits still air at times when most teenagers are watching TV, a new study by experts at the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) has found. In other words, teena... |
21 August 2009
20:31 GMT |
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The regulations should specifically refer to DNA samples collected from healthy children, whose parents have signed them up for long-term studies, leading ethics experts say. The data should not be made public, and released in the scientific community until the children reach an age when they can give their consent f... |
14 August 2009
04:45 GMT |
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According to a new statistical study, it would appear that about four in five British parents cannot answer basic scientific questions that their children ask, such as “What makes a rainbow?” or “Why is the sky blue?” Moreover, one in five parents seem to believe that their children know more ... |
13 August 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Small children at times surprise their family and relatives when they are caught with an amazed or curious look in their eyes, which seems to hint at the fact that the “wheels” inside their brains are spinning full speed. Parents have known this for a long time, but now a new scientific study comes to con... |
12 August 2009
01:46 GMT |
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Michael Jackson’s only daughter, the 11-year-old Paris, is not his, close friend of the late singer Mark Lester tells News of the World. The former actor and longtime Jackson friend makes the shocking revelation that he might be the father of the girl, judging by the fact that she looks so much like his own dau... |
10 August 2009
08:29 GMT |
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According to a new investigation, it would appear that most dogs have the same intelligence level as a two-year-old child, experts say. While this is true for most species, others, such as border collies, poodles and German shepherds (in this precise order), have a brain developed enough to be considered similar to t... |
10 August 2009
05:07 GMT |
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Giving birth to twins is a relatively rare phenomenon, in that it does not occur in half of the births around the globe or more. And when many twin births happen in the same, small village in a certain country, India, to be precise, researchers start wondering as to what the causes for this might be. According to a n... |
6 August 2009
03:41 GMT |
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