Washington Post |
How to dump someone the humane way
Washington Post Planning on dumping a partner, firing an employee or otherwise delivering bad news to someone this week? A new Brigham Young University study offers advice on how to minimize the psychological damage you inflict when you drop your bombshell. |
CNN |
Ten times more children and teens obese today than 40 years ago
CNN (CNN) The number of obese children and adolescents rose to 124 million in 2016 -- more than 10 times higher than the 11 million classified as obese 40 years ago, in 1975. A further 213 million children and adolescents were overweight in 2016, finds a ... Childhood Obesity Has Risen 10 Times Worldwide Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in 4 decades: New study by Imperial College Shocking figures show there are now 124 million obese children worldwide |
HealthDay |
Study Debunks Notion That Epidurals Prolong Labor
HealthDay TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Epidurals are a popular form of pain control for women during labor, but they've long been blamed for hindering progress in the delivery room. However, new research challenges this widely held belief, ... Continuous Epidural Does Not Prolong Second Stage of Labor Epidural does not slow down childbirth, US research finds Study finds epidurals don't slow labour |
USA TODAY |
Six-legged 'land lobster,' long thought extinct, discovered on volcanic crag
USA TODAY Nearly 100 years ago, a British supply ship ran aground at Lord Howe, a tiny island roughly four hundred miles east of Australia. Black rats trickled off the ship, scouring the island and feasted on its native bug: a large spindly stick insect known as ... |
Fox 59 |
IU to spend $50 million to fight Indiana's opioid crisis
Fox 59 Indianapolis, Ind - Indiana University officials announced a 5-year, $50 million initiative to study and curb the Hoosier state's opioid crisis. I.U. President Michael McRobbie said it's the llargest and most comprehensive state-based response to the ... IU Officials, Holcomb Announce $50M Opioid Recovery Effort Indiana University joins forces to fight opioid crisis IU launches comprehensive action on addiction, partnering with Gov. Holcomb, IU Health, others |