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Backup singers get their time in the spotlight0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 26, 2013
We all know what it’s like to have a catchy refrain to a popular song stuck in our heads, but have you ever thought about who’s singing the lines with your favorite artists?
READ MOREBack from the dead: New York researchers are bringing people back to life hours after they pass0
- Medical News
- March 13, 2013
Groundbreaking resuscitation research that is currently going on could change our definition of what dying really is. Dr. Sam Parnia, co-author of "Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death," says, "For millennia, we couldn't do anything when someone stopped breathing. Now, we're almost having to redefine the way we think
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Baby Walkers Have Caused Injuries and Deaths—So Why Are They Banned in Canada But Not in the U.S.?0
- Consumer Alerts, Featured, Home & Family
- October 15, 2024
Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) favors a ban on the manufacture and sale of sit-in baby walkers—maintaining they don’t help, but hurt infants learning to walk?
READ MOREAwareness: H.I.V. Campaign Finds 18,000 New Cases0
- Health & Healing
- June 27, 2011
More than 18,000 adults were unaware they were infected with the H.I.V. virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. A three-year old campaign developed to extend AIDs treatment found that more people living with the disease did not know it. The New York Times, 6/27/2011
READ MOREAward-Winning Teacher Uses Medical Crisis To Instill Life’s Lessons0
- Making a Positive Difference
- April 2, 2012
In 1999, teacher Nicole Waicunas suffered from a brain hemorrhage and was told by doctors that she would never teach again. Years later, she is teaching English at Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT and is one of 10 teachers across the nation honored with the 2012 Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award for
READ MOREAvoiding Cold Feet Down the Aisle0
- Home & Family
- January 24, 2013
Women who suppress lingering doubts are more likely to seek a divorce later, according to a study published in the current issue of The Journal of Family Psychology. Justin A. Lavner, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, says, "Having doubts before marriage is not only common, it predicted a higher
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