TRENTON, N.J. - Wealthy people are enrolled in a state-run health care program for working poor families and criminal investigators are examining another state health program for the poor, according to new state audits that found shocking displays of wasted money.
The reviews by the state auditor found people earning as much as $295,000 enrolled in [...]
Kirstin Dufty, of Auckland, said she felt for the parents of the Elim Christian College pupils who died.
Mrs Duftys 11-year-old son Joshua McNaught and fellow pupil Revan Naidoo died in February 2000 when they went missing while swimming with 59 other children at a river near Thames.
She says parents are failing to ask the right [...]
These findings may not hold true for women living in countries with less generous systems for supporting parents with young children, say Tilmann von Soest of Norwegian Social Research in Oslo and Dr. Lars Wichstrom of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the studys authors.
In less supportive environments I would expect that [...]
Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness.
One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New Silent Generation, it will be the most educated, financially well-off and technologically literate [...]
Tom Hsu had cerebral palsy and would have turned 17 on Thursday. The Taiwanese international pupil was one of seven people from Elim Christian College to die in a flash flood while canyoning in Mangatepopo Stream on Monday.
Staff from the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, which had organised the excursion, spoke to pupils at [...]
Laisha Kneuven�s clients are women who are ending a marriage, starting a business, facing retirement, struggling with an illness or are simply concerned about their future.They�re women who have taken care of children and husbands for so many years, said Kneuven, and they�ve forgotten about themselves. Since becoming a certified ontological life coach in 1999, [...]
WASHINGTON - Scientists have pinpointed genetic variations that make people more likely to get hooked on cigarettes and more prone to develop lung cancer , a finding that could someday lead to screening tests and customized treatments for smokers trying to kick the habit.
The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case [...]
We’ve all heard the saying �when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.�
But what if you can’t drink the lemonade?
For someone who has spent the last 30 years as a family consumer science teacher (the curriculum formerly known as home economics), tackling the diet and lifestyle changes required after the diagnosis of a life-altering disease and [...]
FRANKFORT, Ky. - If he’s lucky, Zach Pickard will live past the age of 13. Zach, now 13 months old, suffers from Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, a disease that accelerates the aging process when the child is 18-24 months old.
Children with this syndrome die of heart disease at an average age of 13 after aging at [...]
Here�s a list of classes and events in Douglas County during the next week.Ongoing:Children�s Bereavement Support �Wings of Hope� � Grief and loss support group for children and their caregivers. Information on meeting dates and registration: 677-2384.Mammography Screening Services � Mercy Outpatient Imaging, 1887 W. Harvard, by appointment only. Information: 677-4418.Outpatient Diabetes Education � Mercy [...]
