One woman's journey through life as a mom.
1. Men are just as chatty as women – Both genders speak around 16,000 words a day – a fact challenging the traditional notion that girls are considerably more chatty than boys.
2. Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure – Asking people to consume a couple of chunks of chocolate a day is far easier than encouraging complex behavioral changes to help them reduce their blood pressure.
3. Genetic screening may endanger fetusus - Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth.
4. Organic food is better for your heart – A 10 year study comparing organic tomatoes with standard produce found almost double the level of flavonoids, which are an antioxidant that have been shown to reduce high blood pressure, lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke.
5. Autism can be identified at around 14 months – Early diagnosis may be able to help improve the outcome for children who have autism spectrum disorders.
6. Nicole Richie is pregnant – yay, now she’ll finally put some meat on those bones.
7. Harry Potter was almost a Yankee – back in the day, there were talks of giving the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry an American identity and becoming a reworking of Beverly Hills 90210 with Harry, Ron, Hermoine as American pre-teens. Scary though!
8. Feds try to get kids to eat healthy food. Failarity ensues - Despite an increase in funding, federal nutrition programs have failed to encourage children to eat fruits and vegetables.
9. More benefits of wine other than getting drunk – Latest research by Italian scientists has shown that drinking wine can help prevent tooth decay, gum disease and sore throats.
10. Teen sells virginity for $25,000 – “I’ve been offered the money in cash and I’m going to do it this Thursday. Hey, I need to pay for college, somehow”.
11. Rare genetic mutation causes extremely crazy huge muscles on a dog – you have to just see for yourself!
12. Baby Talkers is having a give-away contest – You don’t want to miss out!
13. This is my Friday Fifteen for the week.
14. I’m too tired to find anymore news blurbs…..
15. Have a great Friday…and weekend! 
