News tagged with grandchild
The health burden of raising a grandchild
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Precautionary health measures such as mammograms and cholesterol tests that identify the risk of heart disease are critical for the well-being of women over 50. Add the responsibility of providing sustained care for a grandchild, ...
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The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. According to the "Grandmother Hypothesis," post-menopausal women can increase their ...
Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.
Google CEO urges grads: 'Turn off your computer'
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The head of the world's most popular search engine urged college graduates on Monday to step away from the virtual world and make human connections.
Atomic bomb, space scientist Rudoff dies
Mar 06, 2006 |
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Hyman Rudoff, who worked on the Manhattan Project and helped develop the heat shields for the Mercury and Gemini space capsules, has died in California. He was 93.
You can childproof your computer
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Every few months, I receive a question from a reader whose computer was never the same after a grandchild came to visit.
Twitter brings new language to old institution, the Senate
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Sen. Charles Grassley was darned annoyed when he saw that President Barack Obama was having a good time in Paris. So Grassley tweeted in protest: "Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said 'time to delivr on healthcare' ...
Teen devises prayer app for iPhone
Jul 26, 2009 |
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For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones.
New research provides insight into menopause
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Insight into why females of some species undergo menopause while others do not has proven elusive despite an understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the change.
Scholars contend Darwin based his theories on humans, not animals
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Feb 15, 2009 |
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Charles Darwin is widely thought to have developed his natural selection theory of evolution after noting differences among finches in the Galapagos Islands.
Reappearance of Missing Genetic Information Poses Exception to the Rule
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Code is hiding but not lost Researchers have discovered that "missing" genetic information unexpectedly reappears in later generations. By poring over the genome of the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, scientists ...
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