For Luke Foreman, seeing double has always been the norm.
A few years ago, researchers at Cornell made a remarkable discovery: When unsuspecting diners were given self-refilling bowls, they consumed almost twice as much soup as those with normal bowls. In other words, it was the quantity in the bowl that determined how much they ate, not their appetite.
After undergoing two costly rounds of in vitro fertilization a few years ago, Laura Whitlinger, now 46, was thrilled when she saw the images of two babies appear on her sonogram. But it didn't take long before she and her husband realized that this double blessing came with some very serious financial implications.
Right before the recession hit, the U.S. was undergoing a mini baby boom. Now, birth rates are declining fast.
Stop anyone on the street who looks, say, older than 40, and ask whether teenagers are doing better or worse than a decade or two ago. Odds are she or he will say worse -- and be wrong.
By the time Zulema Green turned 12, her mother had been divorced three times.
The number of babies born in the United States dropped 2.6 percent last year, according to a recent study, the latest in a long list of falling indicators.
With the political season in full swing, much is at stake for America. The economy is in a downward spiral. We have an energy crisis. Our jobless rate is on the rise.
This year, gasoline climbed over $4 a gallon, and the traffic death toll -- according to one study -- appears headed to the lowest levels since JFK moved into the White House
More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet
For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years,
the government reported Wednesday, although the United States
continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life
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People who sleep fewer than six hours a night -- or more than nine -- are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that
is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big
bellies
U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
It's hard to find someone who doesn't have a cell phone. And now more people are making it their only phone.
A late freeze put a snowy exclamation point on a fairly mild winter for much of the United States, and experts say it's hard to predict what this weird weather means for allergy sufferers.
Sure, we've all heard the quips: Behind every successful man is a disbelieving mother-in-law.
Charles Parmalee will still be going to parent-teacher conferences in his seventies. Like a lot of late-life parents, he and his wife Jan didn't plan it this way; it just kind of happened.
You've worked hard and steadily stashed away savings. But your retirement dream can turn into a nightmare if you end up outliving your nest egg.
Q. You're a couple in your late forties. Which of the following are you most likely to brag to friends about at your next dinner party?
Having already given birth to two girls, Soledad O'Brien was ready for another addition to her family last winter. Yet she and her husband, Brad, were in for a surprise when, several months into her most recent pregnancy, her doctor told her she had not one, but two babies, on the way.
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