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How to live with a grown-up ... kid

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.

Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy
By Lindsey Tanner | Associated Press | May 21, 2013
Preemie Music Therapy

As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

Overweight patients face bias, even from doctors
By Tara Parker-Pope | New York Times News Service | May 21, 2013
SCI DOCTORS OBESITY

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

Health news from around Charlotte
May 21, 2013

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.

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