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As a child, I was raised on a steady diet of whole milk and public television. For fun, I would read books or write short stories for my father to critique. On really crazy nights, my cousins and I would get to rent a VHS of the Pippi Longstocking movies, not even noticing how poorly they had been dubbed into English.

When my parents finally agreed to get cable during my middle school years, my...

It's a topic every new parent agonizes over: to vaccinate or not to vaccinate?  A famous 1998 study supposedly linked the common childhood vaccine for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) to increased rates of autism - a claim that many parents took to heart, perhaps most famously Jenny McCarthy.

While most pediatricians and health authorities insist that the dangers of Measles, Mumps or...

Those of us prone to headaches know how important both rapid relief and learning how to reduce frequency and severity is to our peace of mind. 

If popping painkillers is a last resort for you, check out these three common types of headaches and what you can do to find relief:

1. Tension type headache

Did you know that 90% of headaches that strike are tension headaches? Chronic problems may be...