| (World Entertainment News Network) -- Patti Hansen's cancer battle took its toll on her husband Keith Richards -- the rocker was convinced he would lose his wife after doctors found a tumour in her bladder. (USA TODAY) -- Marilyn Blum is like a lot of wives with a retired husband around the house. She loves the man she has been married to for 33 years but says, "It's just not normal to be together 24/7." CHICAGO (AP) -- Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found. (USA TODAY) -- As Lance Somerfeld learned, babies are excellent teachers. WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an unusual step, a dozen competing drug companies have agreed to share data on thousands of Alzheimer's patients in hopes that the extra information will spark new ideas for treatments. TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- New guidelines suggest that some of Miss Daisy's peers may still safely take to the roads - though they need to start thinking about life after driving. DENVER (AP) -- The U.S. military plans clinical trials next year to see if breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber helps brain injuries to heal, or at least relieve the headaches, mood swings or other symptoms. NEW YORK (AP) – A significant number of the elderly — more than one in four — will eventually need someone to make end-of-life decisions about their medical care, a new study suggests. (The New York Times News Service) -- ALBANY, N.Y. -- Teaching your kids about how to take care of their bodies can be the most important lessons you teach them -- and also the hardest. (The New York Times News Service) -- Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg sees plenty of new parents in her pediatrics practice in New York. They're usually overwhelmed, unsure of what to do in when their child is sick, or just paralyzed by too much information. TALLAHASSEE (The New York Times News Service) -- A year after a 7-year-old boy heavily medicated on powerful psychiatric drugs hanged himself in his Margate foster home, lawmakers are pushing to reform state medical requirements for foster children. WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? | News brought to you by: | | | | | | |
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