Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have developed the
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Mom gives birth to 13-ounce ‘miracle’ baby
Ellonn Smartt was just 23 weeks pregnant when her water broke. Even though the mom from Des Moines, Iowa wasn’t
Continue reading »Decision-making tool fails to ease anxiety for families of life-support patients
Every year, the families of more than 400,000 patients on prolonged life support in intensive care units across the U.S.
Continue reading »Study: Prayer makes families connected, unified and bonded with less relational tension
In a recently-published study in the Journal of Family Psychology, BYU researchers explored how family prayer influences family relationships, finding
Continue reading »Critical advice for families to help heart patients
When a 50-year-old mother or father returns home after a heart attack, will the whole family adopt a better diet?
Continue reading »Patients and families who experience delirium report more distress than those who do not
Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brown University, and Yale
Continue reading »Obesity DOES run in families, study finds
Obesity DOES run in families: Children are more likely to be severely overweight if their grandparents struggled to shift the
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