What Are Your Family's Genetic Traits?

On chin dimples and tongue rolling...

By: Karen Springen
February 3, 2012
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Ben Affleck inherited a recessive trait -- his trademark chin dimple.

Did you inherit a recessive trait, such as Ben Affleck's chin dimple?
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Superbowl Sunday: What's a Non Fan to Do?

Fun things to do while your significant other watches the Superbowl.

By: Irene Zutell
February 1, 2012
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Beating the blahs on Superbowl Sunday.

Superbowl Sunday: What's a Sports Widow to Do?
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What to Write on a Loved One's Gravestone

To choose the best epitaph for the marker, think about favorite sayings, poems, and passions.

By: Karen Springen
February 1, 2012
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Writer Sylvia Plath’s husband, the English poet Ted Hughes, chose these words for his suicidal wife’s gravestone: "Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted."
 

A friend's mother adored gardening and poetry. So her family decided to engrave her bronze gravestone with the final words in William Wadsworth's "Daffodils": "And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils."

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A Primer on Second Cousins Once Removed

Master family relationship terms.

By: Karen Springen
January 31, 2012
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Are they first cousins? Second cousins? Once removed?

Get help figuring out "second cousins" and "once removed."
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Dumb Things People Say to Diabetics

Silly things heard by those with diabetes.

By: Cherie Burbach
January 31, 2012
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Diabetics deal with a lot, including blood sugar tests and shots.

Things Diabetics Hear From People
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Fostering Love: Caregiving Parents Lose a Daughter Whose Life and Death Offer Cherished Lessons

After 30 years of caring for a disabled daughter, time for parents to grieve and care for themselves

By: Pamela Cytrynbaum
January 30, 2012
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Fostering Love: A beloved daughterSource: Photo by Tom Famulari

A Story of Love and Blessings: Bridgette Famulari with her parents

A Blessing: Grieving and celebrating a disabled daughter's life and loss
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How to Cope with the Death of a Parent

Learning to live without a loved one.

By: Karen Springen
January 30, 2012
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The viewing at singer Etta James' funeral. Source: Getty Images

Friends and family attend the viewing at singer Etta James' funeral, 2012 in Gardena, Calif., on January 28, 2012.


 

Help for anyone grieving over the loss of a mother or father.
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A Bill of Rights for the Grieving

From the Bereaved: Don’t tell me how to mourn

By: Pamela Cytrynbaum
January 28, 2012
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Lose a loved one? You have the right to grieve at your own pace, in your own way.

Grief and Healing: What the bereaved wish you knew
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Teen Drivers Better Off Without Friends in Car

Why more passengers increases risk of newbie drivers crashing.

By: Karen Springen
January 26, 2012
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The best passenger for newbie teen drivers: a parent.Source: Getty Images

The best passenger for newbie teen drivers: a parent.

More passengers increases the risk of teens crashing. How to make driving safer for kids.
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How to Meet Your Birth Mother

Tips on meeting your birth mother for the first time.

By: Cherie Burbach
January 25, 2012
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Adopted woman meeting her birth mother for the first time.

Adoption Reunions
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