50 & Pregnant It sounds like a Lifetime movie, but extreme middle age births are exploding. According to the most recent CDC statistics, 8,000 babies were born to women 45 and older. That's double the number since just 1997. Of these, an alarming 541were born to women age 50 and older, a 375 percent increase in the same time ...

I thoroughly enjoy editing articles. Whether written by a trio of PhDs, a CNO, a staff nurse writing for her first time, a freelance journalist or another ADVANCE editor, I just can't let a sentence be until it sounds right in my head.  A long-time telecommuter, I've often turned away from my computer after a long day to find my house has ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC is endorsing vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV) for boys of ages 11 and 12. This announcement comes on the heels of new research that reportedly documents the rise in cancers caused by HPV Research published recently in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows HPV-16, the ...

I saw a news item last week about the Internal Revenue Service ruling breast pumps as a tax-deductible medical expense. The catch is most new moms will need to have a pretax medical spending account established to take advantage of the deduction. Otherwise, the expense is deductible only if the family unit's medical expenses exceed 7.5 percent of ...