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Parenting Trend Misread – Boundaries Are Back

Gentle parenting has never meant letting kids run the house — but a lot of parents and critics have gotten that idea backwards.Story SnapshotA...
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Heavy Drinking, Darker Mind?

People who kept drinking heavily for years after disasters like hurricanes and oil spills saw their depression symptoms get noticeably worse, according to a...
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The Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult

Your body may not need a tidy eight hours of sleep at all — it needs whatever number keeps showing up as your personal...
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Common Drug Slashes Deadly Liver Failure

The liver is the only organ in the human body that can regrow itself after a surgeon cuts part of it away, and Mayo...
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Daily Slump Is Shrinking Brains

Your daily gym session might protect your heart, but it may not be enough to protect your brain. New research says the real brain...
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Always Tired? Doctors Blame One Overlooked Test

Feeling tired all the time, gaining weight for no clear reason, or noticing your skin has turned dry and flaky could point to a...
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The Subtle Signs of Emotional Abuse in Relationships

Emotional abuse rarely leaves a mark you can photograph, but it can still take over a person's whole life. Experts who study relationship harm...
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Silent Heart Failure Warning Signs

Heart failure does not mean the heart stops. It means the heart can no longer pump enough blood to keep up with the body's...
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This Is The Best Time To Eat Your Evening Meal

Your body treats a 10 p.m. plate of pasta very differently than the same plate at 6 p.m., and the gap in how your...
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Pink Noise and Sleep

A sound so brief you'd never notice it just gave scientists a new clue about how your brain cleans itself while you sleep, even...

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