Health & Lifestyle
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Tiny baby survives (video)
10:10 AM on 06/02/2009
At birth, baby Taylor Rideout weighed just 12.5 ounces and was just 10 inches long, making her the smallest baby ever to survive at Magee Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "She's a fighter," said Taylor's mother Brittany Rideout. At 80 days and now weighing 3 pounds, Taylor has come a...
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Obama makes surprise visit to DC diner (video)
10:29 AM on 05/29/2009
WASHINGTON - There was a lunchtime surprise for people dining at a certain restaurant in Washington, DC, today as president Barack Obama walks in. The president greeted folks and shook hands as he walked into the five guys fast-food restaurant just before 1pm. He ordered cheeseburgers for himself and several...
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Undeveloped twin removed from baby's mouth (video)
8:19 PM on 05/27/2009
MIAMI - The mother of a newborn in South Florida is praising doctors for her son's survival. Her son was born with an extremely rare deformation. Little Jordan Smith was born with what doctors determined to be an undeveloped twin protruding from his mouth. Just nine days after his birth,...
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Five students try to survive tech-less (video)
6:16 PM on 05/27/2009
Five Philadelphia area high school students were put to the test when they were asked to go for ten days without their phones, computers, ipods and other technological devices. There were immediate ramifications. One participant, Hillary Gack, admitted to not being able to determine what time it was at work....
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Number of babies born from unwed moms grows dramatically (video)
3:39 PM on 05/27/2009
More and more young women are walking with baby strollers before they walk down the aisle. A new study from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics finds the percentage of babies born to unmarried mothers has risen dramatically within the past few decades. Birth rates among unmarried U.S. mothers...
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More couples are getting wedding insurance (video)
10:48 AM on 05/27/2009
Summer marks the start of the busy wedding season. Having the invitations, the cake, and of course the dress are all a part of the perfect wedding essentials, but what if everything doesn't work out perfectly? There is always a chance one of your wedding vendors might go out of...
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Regular exposure to violence may have a desensitizing effect (video)
9:15 AM on 05/27/2009
New research suggests regular exposure to violence in the media could desensitize people to the suffering of others. In two studies, researchers from the University of Michigan found people who had just seen a violent movie or played a video game were slower than others to help someone they thought...
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Exposure to cigarettes may rob kids of antioxidants (video)
5:39 PM on 05/26/2009
Even if kids eat a diet filled with fruits and vegetables, their bodies might be robbed of those beneficial antioxidants if they're exposed to cigarette smoke. A study by the University of Rochester Medical Center that included more than two thousand kids and teenagers find those who breathe in the...
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Popular hair growth drug may reduce risk of prostate cancer (video)
5:24 PM on 05/26/2009
Data from a seven-year study of more than 18,000 men suggest that Finasteride, a popular hair growth drug, may be used as a daily preventative therapy for men. The study saw at least a 25 - 30% reduced risk of getting prostate cancer. These results have prompted at least two...
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Recession causing a baby bust (video)
12:13 PM on 05/22/2009
New census figures show we are in a baby bust because of the recession. The government says because of recession the number of children born last year fell sharply compared to 2007. Experts say the trend started just before the earliest stages of the recession when home and gas prices...
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