Finding friendship at any age
In one phase of life, you might find friends at your workplace. In another, you’ll find compatriots while raising children. In still another, you might…
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Drivers of all ages can increase their comfort, safety
All vehicle drivers should check this advice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Older drivers particularly should check it out. *…
Loneliness is a warning system
For years, scientists thought loneliness was a feeling with no redeeming value, but today they are changing their opinions about this. During the last…
Get ready for kindergarten
A big building filled with strange adults and kids can be intimidating even if your child has been in preschool or day care. Visiting the school before…
‘Lazy eye’ should be corrected early, experts say
A common vision problem, so-called lazy eye affects up to 3 percent of the North American population. The condition has multiple causes but, caught early,…
Roomba for the garden
For anyone that faces the constant aggravation of having to weed the garden all summer long, there might be some relief coming in the form of a little…
ADHD teens and car accidents
Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder( ADHD) are more likely to have a car accident, according to a new study. According to Allison Curry,…
The cold summer of monsters
It was the perfect summer for monsters to arise. The year was 1816, one year after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora. About 11,000 miles away, all…
Time for some zucchini. And more. And more.
They can be fun to grow and this is the problem. One vine of properly watered and pollinated zucchini produces enough squash for a family. Grow two vines…
Smile! (or wave!) You are on candid camera
It may sound creepy, but it’s a fact of modern life. Every person in a city is photographed an estimated 75 times a day by surveillance cameras. When you…