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Miralax, a Drug for Adults, Is Popular as Children’s Remedy0
- Consumer Alerts
- May 31, 2012
Parents are questioning the long term effects of Miralax, an often used laxative containing the chemical polyethylene glycol. This drug for constipation was never intended for those under 17 or for long term use — long term studies on side effects have not even been done on children — yet pediatricians continue to prescribe it.
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Minnesota preschooler, 89-year-old WWII veteran neighbor become fast friends over unlikely bonds0
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 12, 2014
It may seem like an unlikely friendship. But there’s no telling that to a 3-year-old boy and his 89-year-old next door neighbor; Maybe that’s what makes it all the more special. It started with the tomatoes that Erling Kindem, a WWII veteran, was growing in his backyard. Apparently little Emmett Rychner also has a fondness for
READ MOREMindless Eating: Healthy Living Tips0
- Food & Nutrition
- August 15, 2011
This ABC News report on the hidden household traps that lead to mindless eating is all about how to put healthier food on your plate and consume less. According to the report, Americans tend to eat 92 percent of what we put on our plates. So, it helps to use a 10 inch plate as
READ MOREMind Over Mind? ‘Decision Fatigue’ Saps Willpower – If We Let It0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- August 23, 2011
In the all out battle between decisions and willpower, it seems like you might have the final say. Though there is conflicting research in the field about whether one’s ability to make decisions becomes continually worn down and withered, those who believed in their own willpower were more likely to overcome this weariness. Because making
READ MOREMind Games Grow in Popularity as Exercise for the Brain0
- Health & Healing
- April 6, 2014
Exercising your brain at any age is good for you! Websites like Luminosity provide online games to help jog your memory and keep your thinking sharp. Created by neuroscientists, the games are designed to help train your brain, much like a personal trainer helps you train the muscles in your body at the gym.
READ MOREMillionaire uses fortune to help kids in struggling town0
- Making a Positive Difference
- April 22, 2013
Good for You! to self-made millionaire Harris Rosen, who's used the fortune he amassed in the hotel business to help young people in the crime-ridden Orlando, FL neighborhood of Tangelo Park. Rosen created a scholarship program to pay free tuition to Florida state colleges for any students in the neighborhood. In the two decades since
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