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Maybe, like me, you're one of the few who missed the recent report on injuries caused by BB and paintball guns that showed how often mishaps lead to emergency room visits.

Seems like forever that Consumer Reports has been telling people to haggle over the price of a microwave or a car.

We've all heard the theory that some students are visual learners, while others are auditory learners. And still other kids learn best when lessons involve movement.But should teachers target instruction based on perceptions of students' strengths?

Weight training is touted as the cure for many ills.

OK, so your mom was right.It turns out that moving in with that special someone without getting married first puts you at very high risk for an unplanned pregnancy.That's one of the key findings of a new report from the Guttmacher Institute.The report found that overall, "the United States did not m

In Pat Summitt's 1999 book Reach for the Summit, what comes through about the legendary University of Tennessee women's basketball coach is her singular toughness.Summitt, 59, announced yesterday that she has been diagnosed with early onset dementia caused by Alzheimer's.

If you've got high cholesterol, you know the diet advice: Go easy on foods high in saturated fat like red meat and cheese, and eat lots of fiber and whole grains.The message still holds up, but researchers say it's time to tweak the message.A new study finds there's extra benefit in addi