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Weight-loss supplements are ineffective and contain all sorts of surprise ingredients. So the serious risk they pose to families is difficult to justify.
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Vaccine Madness is Triggering a National Crisis
Vaccines save millions of lives each year, but vaccine skeptics are pushing back. Here's the data behind one of the most important public health issues of our time.
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Raising American Kids Can Cost As Much as a Yacht
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Coed Or Single-Sex School? Scientists Don’t Know
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The Emotional Upside of Sleeping Less
Medically induced sleep deprivation can help with extreme cases of depression, but that's no excuse to stay up all night.
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Kids Are Just Eating Coins Now
We crunched the numbers on everything kids swallowed or shoved into their bodies in 2016. It ain't pretty.
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Your Sweet Toddler is Probably a Racist
Infants aren't real big on multiculturalism. They prefer same-race faces and shun adults with heavy accents.
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The (Lack Of) Data Behind The STEM-Toys Craze
Across eight years of study, researchers have found that both boys and girls display the most engaged play when handling simple, wooden blocks.
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Data Shows That Preschool Helps. Period.
The U.S. government invests $37 billion per year on early childhood programs. And it’s working.
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