A newborn baby could come with a price tag that reads a
quarter-million dollars. A government report says it now costs the
average family about $250,000 to raise a child to age 18. Housing and
child care are the biggest expenses. Even when adjusted for inflation,
that tab is 50-percent higher than what it was for children born in
1960. Source Link
Whatever
the workplace, the motto should be, “let the sunshine in.” A study
found that exposure natural light during the work day can help employees
improve their quality of life. Workers with more exposure to natural
light especially during the morning slept longer and better at night,
and got more exercise than those who only worked under artificial light.
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Is
the best time to quit smoking when you leave the hospital? A study
found more success when patients were given free quit-smoking drugs upon
discharge. The effort also included follow-up phone calls to encourage
smokers to kick the habit and help them manage their medications. Source Link
