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Albert Pujols: A Superstar off and on the field0
- Celebrity Causes
- April 21, 2011
Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals' slugger, is known by many as one of the top ten players in baseball history. But he has also done a lot off the field: for people with Down syndrome as well as for the poor of his native Dominican Republic, through his Pujols Family Foundation. The Good For
READ MOREAlabama mom uses Facebook to apologize for rude daughters0
- Home & Family
- April 3, 2015
What would you do if you found out that your teenagers had been rude to an adult who asked them to stop talking during a movie at a local theater?
READ MOREAir pollution linked to low birth weight0
- Environmental Well-Being
- February 12, 2013
According to new international findings, mothers who breathe the kind of pollution emitted by vehicles, coal power plants and factories are significantly more likely to give birth to underweight children than mothers living in less polluted areas. San Francisco Chronicle, 2/6/2013
READ MOREAir pollution causes lung cancer, worsens heart failure, studies find0
- Environmental Well-Being
- July 15, 2013
It’s time to start recognizing that the air we breath can cause lung cancer and worsen heart failure, according to two new studies on the impact of air pollution. A person’s risk for developing lung cancer increases in more polluted areas, even if that person is a non-smoker.
READ MOREAiling and overweight Americans cost billions in productivity0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- October 20, 2011
According to a Gallup-Healthways study released on Monday, the 86 percent of full-time U.S. workers who have weight or health issues miss an estimated 450 million extra days of work a year (compared with non-overweight healthy workers). "The high percentages of full-time U.S. workers who have less than ideal health are a significant drain on productivity [from
READ MOREAIDS In Black America: A Public Health Crisis0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- July 6, 2012
A new Frontline documentary, Endgame: AIDS in Black America, explores why the HIV epidemic is so much more prevalent in the African-American community than among whites. The documentary, airing July 10, includes candid interviews with basketball legend Magic Johnson; civil rights pioneer Julian Bond; and leading doctors, health workers, educators, and black pastors from across
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