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• 2 blazes in 2 days kill 7 in NYC; 4 are children
NEW YORK - A school bus driver and his nephew died when a fire ravaged their apartment on Sunday, a day after the city's deadliest blaze in nearly two years killed a couple and three children. The latest fatal fire Sunday came as the lone survivor of ...
• Alzheimer’s offspring confront their own risk
For adult children of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, the diagnosis can be devastating — and not just because of what it means for their parents. Along with concerns about caregiving and grief over the loss of the mother or father they knew ...
• Docs double kids' vitamin D recommendations
CHICAGO - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases. To meet the new recommendation of 400 ...
• A house divided: Spouses split over candidates
Jonathan simply cannot fathom how his wife, the woman he loves, the woman whose qualities he shamelessly praises, the mother of his three children, can consider voting for the McCain-Palin ticket when the superiority of the Obama-Biden ticket is so ...
• 10,700 Chinese children hospitalized over milk
BEIJING - Nearly 10,700 Chinese infants and children were still in hospital after drinking toxic milk and milk formula, China said on Thursday, but urged foreign customers to take a "scientific" approach to the safety of its products. The country is ...