Twins & Multiple Births

Articles on identical twins, separation of conjoined twins, causes of multiple births and famous teen twins like the Olsen twins and Bush twins. Though the traditional definition of a parent refers only the biological father or mother of a given individual, those who adopt children or anyone who provides the primary care for a child have all come to be thought of as parents in terms of both tradition and statutory law. By law, parents have certain responsibilities and rights with regard to their minor children. Among these responsibilities are financial support, provision of health care, and education. Through time, as parents have become increasingly concerned with their role as developers of young lives, literature and guidance relating to parenting has become very popular. The links included herein relate specifically to twins and multiple births.
 
Bush Twins Help Dad With Spread in Vogue
There comes a time in many US presidential elections when things begin to get really tough. And then there is only one...
Mary-Kate Olsen Rehabs
It has been announced that Mary-Kate Olsen has entered a clinic for treatment of an eating disorder.
The Olsen Twins' Coming of Age
A generation of US teens has grown up with the cute celebrity Olsen twins. Now they are turning 18 and sex enters the...
Mary-Kate Olsen Shrinks
Mary-Kate Olsen has lost so much weight that she is now being accused of having an eating disorder.
Inquest of Joined Twins Sees Video
The doctor who operated on Iranian conjoined twins defended the surgery that killed them by showing the inquest yesterday a...
Bush's Latest Headache: His Twins
America's first family has its share of parenting headaches with George Bush's twin daughters acting out their resentment...
Critics Slam 'crass' Comedy Film on Disabled Twins
Farrelly brothers accused of going too far with conjoined brothers caper. A Hollywood film that uses conjoined twins as the...
Separated Twins Kept in Coma
Two-year-old Egyptian twins who had been born joined at the head were yesterday said to be in "good shape" and in...
Dallas Surgeons Separate Twins After 26-hour Operation
Two two-year-old Egyptian twins, who were born with their heads joined together, were last night successfully separated...
Parents Kept Twins, 5, in a Filthy Cage
An Arizona couple were in jail last night for allegedly keeping their five-year-old twin sons in makeshift cages for nearly...
The facts on conjoined twins
An average of one set of Siamese, or conjoined, twins is born in the UK each year. Conjoined twins are created when a...
Separate at Last, the Twins Who Died for a Dream
Thousands attend funeral of conjoined Iranian sisters. Twins Laden and Laleh Bijani were buried side by side in different...
A Spark of Hope, Then Twins Lose Fight for Normal Life
Grief and recrimination after sisters joined at head die within 90 minutes of each other in attempt at separation.
Twins Die After 'agonising Struggle'
Conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani died today from severe blood loss towards the end of a 50-hour pioneering...
Complications Slow Surgery on Twins
The neurosurgeons in Singapore who are trying to separate adult Iranian twins joined at the head were forced to slow their...
Twins' Two-day Operation Under Way
Neurosurgeons in Singapore worked through last night to open the skull bone shared by Iranian twins in the second stage of...
'If God wants us to live as two separate individuals, we will ...'
For 29 years they have eaten together, studied together, prayed together, even breathed in the same air - forced to live as...
Twins joined at head to risk surgery
Two Iranian sisters joined at the head are ignoring their doctors' advice and undergoing an unprecedented and highly risky...
Separated Twins Remain Apart
The guardians of twin girls accidentally separated at birth in a Thai hospital have agreed that all three girls should stay...
Twins
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Conjoined Twins Are Separated
The outlook for two conjoined twins whose heads were separated in an operation in Los Angeles yesterday was said by the...
Doctors prepare to separate twins
A medical team consisting of more than 50 people yesterday embarked on a rare operation in Los Angeles to separate twin...
Sarah Boseley: Twins and the Tabloid: What is It About Conjoined Twins That So Fascinates Us?
What is it about the idea of conjoined twins that so fascinates people?
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen: Olsen Twins Trading Acting for Editing?
In a departure from their standard projects, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (the Olsen Twins) are launching a new lifestyle...
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