The Parents Zone

Its been a good year for Facebook and its about to get better. The largest social network on the web eclipsed 900 million users earlier this year and recently purchased Instagram for a cool $1B. However, that number is going to be dwarfed this month when Facebook makes its initial public offering on the Nasdaq.

Facebook execs are currently strumming up investor support for their IPO which will be offered to the public at around $28-$35 a share. This would give Facebook a market valuation of around $96B not bad for a company founded in 2004 by the son of a Dentist.  The

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Is making medical negligence claims on your mind following a substandard or botched medical or dental procedure? Medical negligence refers to a case you can file when you, as a patient, suffered unnecessary or unwarranted pain and other type of damage, whether physical, emotional, or psychological damage after an unsuccessful medical or dental procedure caused by an error on the part of your doctor or dentist.

Medical malpractice is more common than dental malpractice. Dentists have very strict standards and procedures when it comes to conducting dental treatments. Doctors, however, face more tough decisions and usually holds patients’ lives in their hands. D

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CHICAGO — Children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year after their injuries, according to a study that helps identify which kids may be most at risk for lingering symptoms.

In most kids with these injuries, symptoms resolve within a few months, but the study results suggest that problems may linger for up to about 20 percent, said study author Keith Owen Yeates, a neuropsychologist at Ohio State University’s Center for Biobehaviorial Health.

Problems like forgetfulness were more likely to linger than fatigue, dizziness and other physical complaints, the study found.

Forgetfulness, difficulty paying attention, headaches and fatigue were more common in study children who lost consciousness or who had other mild head trauma that caused brain abnormalities on imaging tests, compared with kids who didn’t get knocked out or who had normal imaging test results.

The study looked at symptoms up to a year after injury so it doesn’t answer whether any kids had longer-lasting or permanent problems.

“What parents want to know is if my kid is going to do OK.

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I successfully finished each of the 7 Jane By Design Challenges during December 2011 and January 2012! You may remember the pretzel jewelry, the re-purposed ugly sweater, the desk to drinks white shirt challenge and more. We are still awaiting to hear which lucky blogger won a mention on the ABC Family show, Jane By Design. Anyone else dying to hear?? While we wait, I do have some exclusive footage to share with you.

Actress (she plays Jane) answered a question exclusively for us.I asked her this:

Erica, you have such gorgeous curls and Im happy to see that you embrace them!

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