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It's hard enough looking after kids, but what if you're ill? Here are some coping tips

Be thoughtful and tactful about setups

Last week, a mom wrote to ask about her son's chewing habit: "My six-year-old son is constantly chewing on his fingers, or sleeves, etc.," she wrote. "This has been going on for the past couple of years.

Afternoon naps on the sofa may be exposing people to toxic chemicals, a Duke University study has found. More than half of all couches tested in the study contained potentially toxic or untested chemical flame retardants that may be a health risk.

Dear doctors: My wife, who is 77 and a Type 2 diabetic, suffers from severe edema in both legs. Her heart, liver and kidneys recently all checked out fine. She had an ultrasound on her legs, and had no blood clot.

The ever-striving perfectionists among us demonstrate energy far greater than our own. They don't stop at "well done" work when Himalayan heights can be scaled by midnight.

At the time of his death of an aortic aneurysm at age 76, Albert Einstein's brain was no bigger, and weighed no more, than the brain of an average older male. But beneath that unique organ's external folds and fissures, our universe was re-conceived.

A Cobble Hill teen has been crowned Miss World in a Chinese beauty competition. Emily Dorma, 16, a Grade 11 student at Frances Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay, won the title in the contest, hosted by Chinese model agency New Silk Road.

"We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.

You remember that Beatles classic I Wanna Hold Your Hand? Turns out Yoko Ono had other things in mind.