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This September 2012 photo provided by Laura Radocaj shows her and her husband Marco Radocaj with their twins, Rudy, in orange, and Ryan, in white, in Vero Beach, Fla. Marco Radocaj, 28, is an example of Gen Y/Millennial fathers who are not just changing the occasional diaper but are committed to a full partnership with their wives in childrearing and running the household. (AP Photo/Laura Radocaj)

The new dads: Diaper duty’s just the start

More men are doing more around the house, from packing school lunches and doing laundry to getting up in the middle of the night with a screaming infant

Dr. Anthony Atala holds the "scaffolding" for a human kidney created by a 3-D printer in a laboratory at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The university is experimenting with various ways to create replacement organs for human implantation, from altering animal parts to building them from scratch with a patient's own cells. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal. In North Carolina, a 3-D printer builds prototype kidneys

A technician loads patient samples into a machine for testing at Myriad Genetics Friday, May 31, 2002, in Salt Lake City. DNA samples are moved from one tray to another by the eight-needle apparatus at left. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 13, 2013 that Myriad Genetics Inc. cannot patent the BRCA genes, which are tested to check a woman’s risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Mutations in these genes are what led Angelina Jolie to have both her breasts removed because she had such a high cancer risk. Some experts think the court ruling may lead to lower cost testing because there could be more competition. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Court says isolated human genes cannot be patented

The decision "sets a fair and level playing field for open and responsible use of genetic information," said Dr. Robert B. Darnell, president and scientific director of the New York Genome Center.

This undated handout photo provided by the Annals of Internal Medicine shows some of the hand casts that scientists at Australia’s Queensland Institute of Medical Research used to measure sun-caused aging of the skin. If worry about skin cancer doesn't make you slop on sunscreen, maybe vanity will: New research provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of your skin. The new study, from Australia's Sunshine Coast, used a unique step to measure whether sunscreens really help that constant onslaught. Researchers compared fine lines on the hands of hundreds of people who, for more than four years, had been assigned to rub on sunscreen daily or only when they deemed it necessary.  (AP Photo/Annals of Internal Medicine)

Sunscreen slows skin aging, if used often enough

The research found that even if you’re already middle-aged, it’s not too late to start rubbing some sunscreen on — and not just at the beach or pool.

This undated file photo provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows a package of Plan B One-Step, an emergency contraceptive. The federal government on Monday, June 10, 2013 told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions.  (AP Photo/Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., File)

OTC morning-after pill sales coming, but not yet

“Allowing unrestricted access to emergency contraception products is a historic step forward in protecting the health of our patients who are sexually active,” said Dr. Thomas McInerny, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Nyla Morisset, 5, talks with her audiologist doctor Stacy Claycomb at the Marion Downs Hearing Center.  (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

Osmonds sounding off for Aurora hearing center

“The untold story of the Osmonds is that hearing loss runs in our family,” Justin Osmond said, his speech marked only slightly by his own hearing loss of more than 90 percent.

COST OF CARE: Bridges to Care program tackles Aurora area patients that rely on expensive ER care

COST OF CARE: Bridges to Care program tackles Aurora area patients that rely on expensive ER care

If it weren’t for Hoffman and the Bridges to Care program, Yanes said she would have continued to emotionally suffer.

This undated file photo provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows a package of Plan B One-Step, an emergency contraceptive. The federal government on Monday, June 10, 2013 told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions.  (AP Photo/Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., File)

Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls

"It's about time that the administration stopped opposing women having access to safe and effective birth control," Annie Tummino, coordinator of the National Women's Liberation.

Quieter, please: New products keep it down a bit

Quieter, please: New products keep it down a bit

"The ultimate aim is to encourage industry across the board to put a high priority on factoring in low noise at the design stage." said Poppy Elliot.

HPV a growing cause of upper throat cancer

The virus is hard to avoid. As many as 75 percent of sexually active men and women will be infected with it at some point.