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  • Tips for Caring for Your Aging Parents
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    Tips for Caring for Your Aging Parents

    Thank you to Acts Retirement-Life Communities for sponsoring the following post. All opinions are my own. My mom and I are quite close. Not only does she live just blocks away from my family and me, but she also spends a lot of time with my kids and me. No matter how old I get, […] More

  • Older Father
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    Increased Risk of Psychiatric Problems Among Children of Older Fathers

    Children born to older fathers have an increased risk of psychiatric problems including attention deficits, bipolar disorder, autism, and schizophrenia compared to children born to younger fathers, suggests a new comprehensive study of paternal age and offspring mental health from researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington as published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Previous studies […] More

  • Moms Need More Sleep Than Dads to Stay Healthy
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    Moms Need More Sleep Than Dads to Stay Healthy

    After a child is born, it is often the mom who wakes up in the middle of the night to care for that child. Consequently it is also often the mother who is lacking the most sleep. Now a study from scientists at Duke University claims that moms, and women in general, need more sleep […] More