sick child &#39;puts years on mother
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Taking care of a chronically-ill child can add a decade or more to the biological age of a mother&#39;s cells, according to a study of the effects of prolonged stress on the body.
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A woman who experts said has a rare mental disorder has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after admitting she injected fecal matter into her infant daughter.
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Legal authorities in Britain faced an ethical dilemma over whether doctors should continue to prolong the life of a nine-month-old baby who suffers from a rare genetic disorder.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and their increased risk may persist for up to three years after the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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The state Supreme Court has allowed a woman who served a prison term in Florida for the death of her child to regain custody of a 3-year-old boy born after she moved to Illinois.
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A mother tells how she was forced to travel miles from home in severe pain and wait 23 hours for a hospital bed.
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The mother of a boy abused by a paedophile with previous convictions says he should never have been freed from jail.
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Five years ago Khadija&#39;s mother sent her  8-year old daughter to work as a housemaid in the city, where  her first employer beat her.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The ailing mother of a man accused of escaping from a prison van and trekking hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to see her died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.  Christopher Daniel Gay, 33, escaped from a prisoner transport van Jan.
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A couple are each jailed for seven years for keeping their five children in conditions of "utter squalor".
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A mother claims the death of her husband at the hands of their son could have been avoided with the right care.
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A mother has spoken of her loss after the body of a 48-year-old man and a 15-month-old boy were found in a flat.
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LONDON - A baby girl living in &quot;intolerable pain and suffering&quot; should be allowed to die, doctors said yesterday. Medical experts said even if 11-month-old Charlotte Wyatt survived another year, she would be severely disabled and need 24-hour care.
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TORONTO (CP) - Two brothers who lost their childhoods to a "systemic campaign of mistreatment and torture" for more than 13 years deserve better than to see their adoptive parents jailed for a mere nine months, a Crown attorney argued Friday.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s mother took the witness stand in the penalty phase of her son&#39;s murder trial. A frail-looking Jackie Peterson told jurors about her deteriorating health as defense
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NEW YORK  - The stress of having a child go through a life-threatening event may have long-term health consequences for parents, a new study suggests.
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Parents of babies with a rare form of brittle bone disease are at increased risk of being accused of child abuse.