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  Youth Baseball Injuries: Good and Bad News

  Acute baseball injuries are on the decline. But overuse injuries are rising.

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  Baby Stars Found in Galactic Center

  Astronomers finally able to detect newborn stars in center of Milky Way.

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  Home Test for Fetus Gender Raises Abortion Concerns

  You just collect some urine, swirl it in the test vessel, and in 10 minutes you'll know.

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  Do Children Cause Adults to Get More Colds?

  Do grandparents get more colds than seniors without grandchildren?

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  Child Prodigy Can Kick Butt, Too

  Moshe Kai Cavalin is 11 and gets out of college this week. But that's not all.

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  TV Causes Learning Lag in Infants

  Too much TV can stunt a baby's language development.

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  Music Soothes Circumcision Pain

  Music may reduce pain for babies during certain procedures, research suggests

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  American Diets Getting Worse

  Even fewer Americans in their middle and later years adhere to this healthy lifestyle advice than they did two decades ago.

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  ADHD Linked to Gas Stoves

  Preschoolers raised in homes with gas stoves had slightly higher rates of ADHD.

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  For Health, Recess as Good as Gym Class

  Natural short bursts of play energy contribute just as much to a healthy lifestyle as longer bouts of organized exercise.

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  Involved Dads Lower Their Kids' Sex Risks

  A new study finds that the involvement of fathers lowers risky sexual behavior in teenagers.

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  Dinosaur Graveyard Suggests Feeding Frenzy

  Fossilized remains of a feeding frenzy show how a raptor-like dinosaur snacked on baby plant-eating dinosaurs.

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  HBO Gets Deadly Serious With Alzheimer's

  Alzheimer's disease is getting spotlight treatment from a new HBO series.

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  5 Scientific Reasons Mom Deserves Mother's Day

  Consider what follows the only motivation you should need to pamper Mom.

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  Parent-Child Tension Never Ends

  Tensions still exist between parents and their adult children

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  Falling Furniture: Rising Risk for Children

  Childhood injuries from falling furniture are on the rise, researchers find.

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  Donated Vaccines Could Save 2.5 Million Quiet Little Lives

  No death is more painful, more poignant, more of a waste, than the death of a child. In Rwanda, swine flu isn't the big culprit.

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  Newfound Spiral Galaxies Oddly Young

  Astronomers have discovered a cache of spiral galaxies that challenge reining theories of galaxy evolution.

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  10 Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp

  Top prevention tips worth their weight in wits.

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  Is Modern Society Ruining Childhood?

  If a carefree childhood is a goal, Western society seems to be failing miserably.

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  Childbirth Painful for Neanderthal Women, Too

  Childbirth was probably just as painful for Neanderthals as it is for us.