Olympian Kerri Strug Shares Tips for a Blissful Mother's Day

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Children’s Hospital Offers Playground Safety Tips for Spring

As the weather finally begins to warm across Middle Tennessee, families may be looking for some outdoor diversions, such as visiting a local park. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is offering tips to keep playground visits safe and injury free. The Tennessee Department of Health reports that more than 260 children were treated in emergency rooms for playground-related injuries in 2011.

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Mother's Day Can Be Painful If You Have a Strained Mother-Daughter Relationship . .. Until Now

Mother’s Day is just a few short spring weeks away. If you have a mother you love, the day is welcomed and shared, but what if the relationship between mother and daughter is forever broken? To millions of Americans, Mother’s Day simply serves as a reminder of a failed and painful primal relationship. What if there was a way to change that? According to writers Annie Phenix and Patricia Holt, there is a viable, healthy way to heal what was believed un-healable: Choose your own non-biological mother or daughter as an adult. It’s just what these two survivors of severely dysfunctional families did.

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How Are Migratory Birds Faring with the April Snowstorms in the Midwest?

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Vanderbilt Experts Suggest Ways to Avoid Sugar Overload on Easter

As Easter approaches, many parents may not want their children indulging in candy-filled eggs and Easter baskets full of sugary treats. Too much sugar can pose serious risks to children’s dental and behavioral health, risks that can be minimized by some careful thought and planning, Vanderbilt experts say.

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Allergy Reporting Season Starts With A Midwest Cold Front

An unseasonal snow and ice storm covered the Midwest in snow rather than pollen on the first day of reporting season for the Gottlieb Allergy Count, the official allergy count of the Midwest.

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Bring Back Spring Cleaning This Season, Says SLU Germ Expert

Donna Duberg has a few simple tips for spring cleaning that will make your bathroom germ-free.

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Tweaking St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Can Keep You in the Pink of Health

SLU dietitian shares tips for healthy holiday.

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North, to Alaska, is Spring Break Destination for Ithaca College Students

A quartet of accounting students from Ithaca College has parkas packed for their Spring Break trip, which will land them about as far away from the beaches of Daytona and Panama City as you can get.

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Hot Times: Spring Shatters Heat Records Throughout Northeast

Jessica Rennells, a climatologist at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, comments on data released this week by the center that shows this spring ranks among the hottest on record throughout the region.

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