Health & Family

Is today’s 20-something yesterday’s teenager? In recent decades, adulthood has been delayed – and your 25-year-old showed up on your doorstep. A 2012 study found that 40 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds and half of 18- to 24-year-olds live with one or both parents. Experts offer tips on how to cope.

Overweight patients face bias, even from doctors

By Tara Parker-Pope | New York Times News Service | 7:32AM

Are doctors nicer to patients who aren’t fat? A provocative new study suggests that they are.

Health news from around Charlotte

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This overnight event begins at 7 p.m. May 31 at Myers Park Traditional Elementary, 2132 Radcliffe Ave. This event aims to raise money for the fight against cancer and honor cancer survivors, caregivers and those who have lost their battle with cancer. Details: bit.ly/14k1feZ.

Plan to help same-day surgery centers will get more study

By Renee Elder and Ames Alexander | E-mail | May 20, 2013

A proposal that would have made it easier for physicians to open same-day surgery centers will be deferred for a year while a study committee takes an in-depth look at state and federal regulation of medical facilities.