New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
- Health & Healing
- May 1, 2025
Over the past few years, a number of schools have made a push to ban soda machines from campus in an effort to combat childhood obesity and keep kids from consuming too much sugar. But a new survey has found that schools can ban soda until they're blue in the face, but it won't keep
READ MOREThrough Design for America, college students apply their skills to real-world problems. Design for America, a grassroots initiative started in 2009 at Northwestern University, encourages problem-solving design students to apply their skills to real-world issues. Their can-do approach is catching on, as seven more universities plan to launch their own DFA studios this fall. The Cornell
READ MOREA new analysis from Gallup has found that those with depression miss almost twice as many days of work compared to those who aren’t depressed. Part-time workers are more likely to suffer from depression, which results in even more sick days.
READ MOREDenise Austin’s new book, Side Effect: Skinny offers tips on nutrition, exercise, and how to shed pounds permanently and maintain a fitness program for life. Philly.com, 11/26/2012
READ MOREMore women are delaying marriage, but not necessarily delaying kids, says a new report. In fact, 48% of first births now happen outside of marriage, and unwed motherhood is now a norm for high school grads. Experts are divided on the possible benefits of earlier marriage. USA Today, 3/15/2013
READ MOREAs it turns out, the brain, once thought to be fully grown after puberty, is still evolving into its adult shape well into a person's third decade. Biologists, psychologists and sociologists are increasingly seeing the years between 18 to 25 as a distinct phase of human development, worthy of much more study. Dr. Jeffrey J.
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