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Supermarkets Stop Selling Pink Slime0
- Health & Healing
- March 22, 2012
Safeway, SUPERVALU and Food Lion announced today that they will no longer carry what the meat industry calls "lean finely textured beef," something the public has come to know as "pink slime." All three companies site customer concerns as one of the primary reasons for the change. Walmart and Sam's Club also announced they would
READ MORESunburns, Indoor Tanning Still Pose Cancer Risk for Young Adults, CDC Warns0
- Environmental Well-Being
- May 15, 2012
Just days after a federal task force urged doctors to counsel young people about the dangers of UV rays, the government is warning that roughly the same number of young adults gets sunburned as did a decade ago. The risk for skin cancer rises each time a person burns, and just one bad, blistering burn
READ MORESubway Takes Chemical Out of Sandwich Bread After Protest0
- Environmental Well-Being
- April 30, 2014
Some “food for thought” the next time you have a Subway sandwich: You may not have heard about a chemical called azodiacarbonamide, which is used in making the rubbery soles of shoes and yoga mats. But it can also be found in Subway’s bread.
READ MORESubaru recalls a variety of vehicles including Legacies and Outbacks0
- Consumer Alerts
- January 9, 2013
Subaru is recalling nearly 634,000 vehicles as follows: model year 2010 and 2011 Legacy and Outback vehicles; model year 2006 through 2012 Tribeca vehicles sold before January 2012; and certain models year 2009 through 2012 Forester vehicles sold before January 2012. It has been found that these models may have a potential electrical problem that
READ MOREStudy: Your Hostile Workplace May Be Killing You0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- August 11, 2011
It’s a common complaint, but now researchers are backing the idea that you may be working yourself to death. In a study that analyzed the relationship between one’s workplace and the risk of death, it was found that those who worked in a less hostile environment and experienced more social support from their coworkers faced
READ MOREStudy: Wrong Bedtime Linked To Reason Some Children Can’t Sleep0
- Home & Family
- January 6, 2014
Do your kids have a ton of excuses for why they can’t get to sleep at night? It may be because their circadian rhythm, or their sleep clock, isn’t the same as their bedtime, new research from the University of Colorado, Boulder shows. It turns out that light may be to blame for this clock mismatch.
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