What we’re reading today:
1. Moms of twins may live longer than other moms, according to researchers out of the University of Utah.
2. A North Carolina mom with breast cancer has lost custody of her kids. Her ex got a great job in Chicago and the judge ordered the kids must move there by mid-June.
3. In positive breast cancer news, the government of Ontario is expanding its funding for drugs like Herceptin. Now patients like Jill Anzarut can receive the drug whereas before Anzarut had been told her tumor was too small to qualify.
4. What do your kids call your parents? The grandparent set generally being healthier, more youthful and with more access to products with alpha hydroxies than previous generations of grandparents, names like “Grandma” and “Grandpa” just sound too old. (And no, we’re not talking about the 32-year-old grandmother from MTV’s 16 and Pregnant. Think more Helen Mirren) Goldie Hawn likes to go by “Glam-Ma” by Kate Hudson’s son and Gwyneth’s Apple and Moses call Blythe Danner “Lalo.”
