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Baby tech helps parents rest easier
 

The robots are coming for your baby at CES 2020, and so are their makers, eager to alert passersby to the benefits of smart fertility trackers and devices that enable you to warm a bottle of formula from your phone.

 
Las Vegas man is 103 years old, and walking again — VIDEO

Joe Rosa of Las Vegas celebrated his 103rd birthday at 24 Hour Fitness in Summerlin Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. After a hit-and-run crash, Rosa’s medical team told him he would never walk again. Rosa credits physical therapy and a personal trainer at the club for his return to health.

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Amazonian ritual, yoga used to help those fighting addiction

Holistic House of Henderson opened less than a year ago, offering alternative methods to rehabilitate addicts through yoga, meditation, organic eating and several other unorthodox approaches. Its founder said it’s all about trying to find the “reset” button.

 
Teens are using e-cigarettes to vaporize marijuana, study finds

Nearly one in five high school students who said they used electronic cigarettes to vaporize nicotine also used them to vaporize pot, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 Connecticut teens.

 
3 more measles cases confirmed at Chicago-area day care

Three more babies who attended a Chicago-area day care center are confirmed to have the measles, bringing the number of infant measles patients linked to the business to five, the Cook County Department of Public Health said Saturday.

 
FDA to ban artery-clogging trans fats

Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration will require the food industry to gradually phase out all trans fats.