Twins

The world is abuzz about the pregnancy of the Dutchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, which some publications report likely had to reveal the news after being hospitalized with hyperemesis gravidarum.  But what exactly is hyperemesis gravidarum? The...

As a very pregnant and very red Kim storms out of a brunch date with the other women, this episode of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," just may mark the end of Kim's relationship with the rest of the women. She attempted to wiggle her way out of...

As a kid growing up on the Southwest Side, Colleen Wagner Coughlin had a thing for animals. Gerbils and other small, furry critters populated the family home. "I always loved animals as pets, but it was how they reproduced — I didn't even know the...

I was watching "Phineas and Ferb" with my kids the other day (don't laugh) when a commercial came on previewing an upcoming episode. This episode featured the "Were-cow" just in time for the Halloween season. Without a beat, my son said, "Dad, I'll bet...

Within an hour after an East Baltimore man died while in police custody, Cortly "C.D." Witherspoon got an urgent phone call from someone with connections to the family, asking for his help. The next day, Witherspoon, a 30-year-old clergyman and single...

For the dairy farmer, the word "twin" may as well be a cuss word. In fact, it is a four letter word, isn't it?     But seriously, few farmers would ever wish that on any of their cows. One might think that twins is two for the price of one, but we all...

Baby Gabriel Lee Friedline, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. He was born on July 7, 2012, the son of Lee A. and Katelyn  M. (Lasure) Friedline of Bedford. Survived by parents and identical twin brother, Liam George Friedline at home; maternal grandparents,...

Kiersten Marie Clavier, 17, of East Jordan, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. She was born March 29, 1995, in Charlevoix, to David J. and Lisa L. (Burks) Clavier. Kiersten attended East Jordan Public Schools and had...

It was Allison Cummins’ first 5-kilometer race, and it might have been her last. Her twin brother Justin, on the other hand, has two races under his belt and could have many more ahead of him. The two 11-year-olds shared the course Saturday at...

Jean E. Breiner, a registered nurse who had been the school nurse at Padonia Elementary School for more than two decades, died Friday of myleoid leukemia at her Timonium home. She was 77. The daughter of a truck driver and a homemaker, the former Jean...

Before Aiesha Eddins got pregnant, she didn't give much thought to her diet. "I ate whatever," said the 27-year-old Owings Mills woman. "We ordered take-out." But when she weighed in at 220 pounds during her initial prenatal visit, she quickly earned...

People with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder can often shake their family tree and find a relative who has also contended with obsessive thoughts, hoarding, repetitive hand-washing, behavior in which locks and stove burners are checked over...