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Whooping cough still with us, still dangerous

2010-05-31 00:00:00

Two days after her second son, Dylan, was born in 2005, Mariah Bianchi let out yet another deep-chested cough, this time in the hospital, where she was recovering from the delivery. She had been coughing for two weeks; she had coughed so badly that her...

Facts about whooping cough

2010-09-23 00:00:00

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial disease that infects the respiratory system. It is most dangerous to infants, particularly those who are too young to be vaccinated. Symptoms: Children and adults suffer from severe coughing,...

Sex and risk among people in their 20s

2010-05-03 00:00:00

Over the last few decades, the period between the time when young adults leave their parents' house and when they settle down to start families has grown substantially. In 1970, 21% of 25-year-olds were unmarried; by 2005, the percentage had jumped to 60%...

To be a well-adjusted adult, it helps to be a well-loved baby

2010-07-26 16:06:00

Feeling stressed-out? Anxious? Overly sensitive to things other people say? You can blame your mother. (As if you weren't doing that already.) A growing body of scientific evidence points to the long-lasting effects of maternal nurturing while children...

Soupy Sales dies at 83; slapstick comic had hit TV show in 1960s

2009-10-23 00:00:00

Soupy Sales, a comic with a gift for slapstick who attained cult-like popularity in the 1960s with a pie-throwing routine that became his signature, has died. He was 83. Sales had numerous ailments and died Thursday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, said...

Rodent of the Week: Having a bunch of sisters might make you less sexy

2010-10-22 15:34:00

Pity the poor boy--in the United States at least--wedged in the midst of a bevy of sisters. When he's little, he'll certainly be dressed and made up like a doll. He�will doubtless spend time cooling his heels�at the bathroom door. He'll likely�pine�for...

Travel info: Cocoa Beach, Fla., and Kennedy Space Center

2010-12-19 00:00:00

From LAX, Delta, American, United and Virgin America offer nonstop service to Orlando, Fla.; US Airways and Southwest offer direct service (stop, no change of planes) and Continental and Southwest offer connecting service (change of planes). Restricted...

Obesity Risks Start Before Birth

2010-03-08 00:00:00

Pam Levin's daughter weighed less than 5 pounds at birth. But by the time the child turned 3, Levin and her husband had begun to bristle at some of the comments about her. "People would say, ‘She's chunky' or ‘She's a big girl,'" Levin says....

Hiking the Sierra with three llamas and a baby

2010-09-26 00:00:00

I wouldn't call it a vacation, exactly. Any time you have three pet llamas and a 3-year-old and you're covering 30 miles in less than a week, it's like, well, let's call it an adventure. My wife, Amber, and I and our high-energy daughter Ediza spent a...

Summer camps aren't just kids' stuff

2010-06-13 00:00:00

In my youth, nothing spelled summer more than my box of stationery, stashed in a trunk next to my insect repellent, shorts, towels and bathing suit. Summer camp was the pinnacle of the illusion of freedom, albeit in a controlled environment. There I...

More porn HIV cases disclosed

2009-06-12 00:00:00

Despite porn industry assurances that an adult film actress' recent positive HIV test is the first since a 2004 outbreak shut down production for a month, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday that at least 16 additional unpublicized cases...

Bone marrow transplant 'gets rid of' sickle cell anemia

2009-12-10 00:00:00

Researchers have for the first time performed a successful bone marrow transplant to cure sickle cell disease in adults, a feat that could expand the procedure to more of the 70,000 Americans with the disease -- and possibly some other diseases as well....

If chugging along the tracks through miles of tree-lined territory decorated by nature's paintbrush sounds appealing, you'll want to check out the schedule for Essex Steam Train and Riverboat. Fall foliage trips run Oct. 1 to Oct. 26.

2012-10-18 06:22:00

Two overweight women walk at the 61st Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Md., in August 2009.

2011-01-25 12:24:26

Don't be fooled -- it's not the adulterous canoodling in this film or even adult language that earned it it's R rating.

2010-12-09 10:18:28