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Kids get hurt all the time. They're running, they're jumping, they're crashing into things. Kids want to have fun, and when they play,...

Windows and Mac users actually do have one thing in common - computer ergonomics issues, namely, pain.1,2 Beyond the usual hardware and...

In a classic scene in the classic 1984 movie Starman, the extraterrestrial Jeff Bridges tells the human Karen Allen that, yes, he does...

You're pregnant! Congratulations! Your body's changing-wondrously, marvelously. One unexpected and unwelcome change may be lower back...

Thirty-five year-old Tracy had tried everything: monitoring her cycles through body temperature, over-the-counter fertility predictors ...

The average age of Americans is increasing year-by-year. Approximately 77 million babies were born in the United States during the boom...

Bob Barker, beloved host of The Price Is Right, recently made headlines by announcing his retirement after 35 years. "Barker ...

What if you used to be really fit and now you're not? What if, as the years have gone by, you've added a couple of pounds here and...

Let's imagine that today is your birthday. One of the things you might do on or around your birthday is to take a look back at what ...

The Macintosh operating system contains a subprogram called "Time Machine" that allows you to reset your status to any previously saved ...

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Poets throughout the centuries have helped us see that being young is a state of mind. That special state of mind impels us to take...

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In the United States, about 20 million people have been diagnosed with asthma; nearly 9 million of them are children. The most common ...

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As we get older, years and decades of mechanical stress may lead to deterioration of joints, ligaments, and tendons. This degenerative ...