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Premature birth rate declines in U.S.
For the first time in three decades, the rate of premature births in the United States has declined for two years in a row, a finding that suggests the country is finally beginning to make some progress in the battle against prematurity.
The declines...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Heads of State, Social Issues, Demographics, Minority Groups
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10 things you might not know about height
![2010 is shaping up as The Year of the Tall. The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which was designed and built by Chicago firms, opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The world's tallest Jesus statue was erected in western Poland. Tennis great Martina Navratilova needed medical attention when she was defeated by Africa's tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. And a 6-2 woman won "America's Next Top Model." Here are 10 tall tales that are true:](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58436374-28095316-187105.jpg "2010 is shaping up as The Year of the Tall. The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which was designed and built by Chicago firms, opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The world's tallest Jesus statue was erected in western Poland. Tennis great Martina Navratilova needed medical attention when she was defeated by Africa's tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. And a 6-2 woman won "America's Next Top Model.\" Here are 10 tall tales that are true:")
2010 is shaping up as The Year of the Tall. The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which was designed and built by Chicago firms, opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The world's tallest Jesus statue was erected in western Poland. Tennis...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Tobey Maguire, Frank Sinatra, Whoopi Goldberg, Starbucks Corp.
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Chimpanzees mourn their dead like humans do, research finds
Some chimpanzees seem to grieve similarly to humans in the face of a fellow chimp's death, two new studies have found, appearing to comfort the dying, experience trauma after death and have trouble letting go.
The research, published Monday in the...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, University of Southern California, Stanford University, James Anderson
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Five Tips to Protect New Dads' Health
McClatchy TribuneAttention, expectant dads: Moms aren't the only ones who experience health risks before or after birth. Even though fathers-to-be don't go through the physical changes of carrying a child, some have insomnia, nausea, irritability or even labor pains, a...Tags: Family, Texas, Clubs and Associations, Education, Insomnia
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Baby names with some bite
You can watch the "Twilight" movies and read the books, but why stop there? Thousands of Americans are giving their babies "Twilight"-related names. Bella, the name of the love-struck heroine of Stephenie Meyer's vampire novels, hadn't quite cracked the...Tags: Stephenie Meyer, Social Security, Elizabeth Montgomery, Holly Marie Combs, Bewitched (tv program)
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Giving children space
Free-range chicken, we can all agree, is a good thing. Free-range parenting? Oy vey.
The movement was launched in 2008 by New York mom Lenore Skenazy, who let her 9-year-old son ride the subway alone and then wrote a column about it in The New York Sun....Tags: San Francisco, NPR, New York, Documentary (genre), Movies
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Buying time on the biological clock
Chicago TribuneRachel Lehmann-Haupt was 37 when she froze her eggs, a process technically known as oocyte cryopreservation. She knew it wouldn't guarantee her fertility. But the San Francisco-based writer had just ended a relationship and knew she wanted kids. "I...Tags: New York University, Education, Health, San Francisco, New York
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Baby swimming appears to show later benefits
Los Angeles TimesTeaching babies to swim might assuage their fear of water and provide good exercise, but it could have other benefits as well. Researchers from Norway and Britain found that children who had taken baby swimming classes did better on tests involving...Tags: Swimming, Science and Technology, Sports, Children, Los Angeles Times
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Whooping cough still with us, still dangerous
Two days after her second son, Dylan, was born in 2005, Mariah Bianchi let out yet another deep-chested cough, this time in the hospital, where she was recovering from the delivery.
She had been coughing for two weeks; she had coughed so badly that her...Tags: Death, University of California, Los Angeles, Adults, Health and Medical Professionals, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Facts about whooping cough
![Whooping <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEISY000015" title="Coughing" href="/topic/health/symptoms/coughing-HEISY000015.topic">cough</a>, also known as <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI00000034" title="Whooping Cough" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/whooping-cough-HEDAI00000034.topic">pertussis</a>, is a bacterial disease that infects the respiratory system. It is most dangerous to infants, particularly those who are too young to be vaccinated.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-05/54008053-29093756.jpg "Whooping <a class="taxInlineTagLink\" id=\"HEISY000015\" title=\"Coughing\" href=\"/topic/health/symptoms/coughing-HEISY000015.topic\">cough</a>, also known as <a class=\"taxInlineTagLink\" id=\"HEDAI00000034\" title=\"Whooping Cough\" href=\"/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/whooping-cough-HEDAI00000034.topic\">pertussis</a>, is a bacterial disease that infects the respiratory system. It is most dangerous to infants, particularly those who are too young to be vaccinated.")
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial disease that infects the respiratory system. It is most dangerous to infants, particularly those who are too young to be vaccinated.
Symptoms: Children and adults suffer from severe coughing,...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Vaccines, Coughing, Health Organizations
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California says whooping cough is at epidemic levels
Whooping cough is now at epidemic levels in California and the state could record the highest number of illnesses and death due to the disease in 50 years, the state's top health official said Wednesday. Reported cases of whooping cough, also known as...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Death, Diseases and Illnesses, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County (California)
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Shopping: New Stella McCartney Kids collection to debut
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThere are few things as cute as wiggly little kids decked out in high fashion. And Stella McCartney certainly upped the juvenile style bar through her recent Gap collaboration for babies and kids — a collection that served up Beatles-esque...Tags: Sunset Boulevard, Target Brands, Inc., Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Services and Shopping, Clothing
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