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Wow of the Week: Older moms outlive younger moms

You hear an awful lot about the risk factors of waiting to have a child. But older moms may have a secret advantage. New research suggests that moms who have children at an older age may live longer than younger mothers. For older women who still want to have kids, risk of chromosomal abnormalities in […]

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Morning Read: Democrats again take aim at insurance premium hikes

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: Democrats again take aim at insurance premium hikes: Legislation that would give federal regulators the power to veto insurance premium rate hikes is back on the table. The idea was floated back inĀ  February and embraced by President Obama when he was heating […]