The Checkup: May 23, 2010 - May 29, 2010
Is that right? Child's autism raises parents' divorce risk?
You may have heard that parents of kids with an autism spectrum disorder -- ASD -- have an 80-percent divorce rate. That number's been tossed around a lot, adding an extra level of apprehension to the already stressful experience of a child's being diagnosed with a worrisome disorder. But it...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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May 28, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Autism
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Chronic Conditions
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Family Health
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Is That Right?
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Neurological disorders
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Really fattening restaurant food
(Yuri Gripas/Reuters) Of course I knew that my favorite guilty-pleasure food, the Five Guys cheeseburger, wasn't exactly health food. But thanks to a new list of extremely fattening restaurant foods released by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, I have to face facts: Five Guys delivers one...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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May 27, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Me Minus 10
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Nutrition and Fitness
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Obesity
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Are allergies linked to depression?
Do allergies play a role in depression? A new study suggests that depressed people who are allergic to pollen are more likely to experience a worsening of their symptoms during allergy season. Partam Manalai of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and colleagues studied 100 volunteers who...
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Rob Stein
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May 26, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Asthma
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Mental Health
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Getting real about food choices
As a nutrition columnist, I'm probably more aware of the need to make healthful food choices than a lot of folks out there. But does that mean I always choose wisely? Of course not. My food choices are sometimes guided by whim or circumstance or convenience, by what I'm craving...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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May 25, 2010; 8:40 AM ET |
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Me Minus 10
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Nutrition and Fitness
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Obesity
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Birds not wild about organic food
If you're convinced that organically grown food is better than conventionally grown, consider this: Given a choice, birds prefer the conventional stuff. A study conducted at Newcastle University in Great Britain and published last week in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture showed that, when allowed enough...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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May 24, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Nutrition and Fitness
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