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Redshirting: Holding kids back from kindergarten0
- Home & Family
- July 10, 2012
Is the practice of "redshirting" fair? The 60 Minutes segment exploring this question originally aired on March 4, 2012 and was rebroadcast on July 8, 2012. 60 Minutes, 7/8/2012
READ MOREReddit Raises $31,000 for Child’s Medical Care—in 12 Hours0
- Making a Positive Difference
- December 7, 2011
When the parents of Lucas Gonzalez, a three-year-old with a rare condition called hyper IgM syndrome, found out that a bone marrow transplant could give their son a chance to be a normal kid, they were less than confident that the fundraising website they started would raise the money they needed for the expensive procedure…
READ MORERed-meat intake linked to increased risk of diabetes0
- Food & Nutrition
- June 25, 2013
A long-term study has found that increasing the amount of red meat that you eat over time is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Frank Hu, the study’s senior author, advises people to reduce their consumption of red meat and to eat more nuts, low-fat dairy and whole grains. Red meat is
READ MORERed Meat Tied to Increased Mortality Risk0
- Health & Healing
- March 21, 2012
Your risk of early death may be increased by eating just one serving of red meat each day. ABC News, 3/12/2012
READ MORERed meat lovers have more kidney cancer0
- Health & Healing
- December 31, 2011
In a large U.S. study, researchers found that middle-aged adults who ate the most red meat were 19 percent more likely to be diagnosed with kidney cancer than those who ate the least. However, "red meat is an important source for iron (and) it has protein," said Dr. Mohammed El-Faramawi, an epidemiologist from the University
READ MORERecycle used plastic bags (Even Ziploc sandwich bags)0
- Green Initiatives
- September 14, 2011
Many people know that plastic shopping bags can be recycled, but did you know you can recycle plastic sandwich and kitchen storage bags, too? To help our environment, you can now recycle sandwich and freezer bags at many supermarkets and grocery stores. Not to mention, you can claim rewards for each Ziploc bag that is
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