• How Christy Turlington Is Using Her Star Power To Help Mothers Around The World0

    Former supermodel Christy Turlington Burns is helping to bring aid and awareness to the hundreds of thousands of preventable pregnancy-related deaths around the world. In 2003, Turlington Burns experienced life-threatening post-partum hemorrhaging. She recovered, but the experience got her thinking, “What would have happened to a less fortunate woman?” What she discovered changed her life:

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  • The Boy on the Lake0

    At only 13, Trevor Schaefer was diagnosed with brain cancer. Not only did Trevor end up beating the cancer — he found a calling. Now 22, Schaefer is an inspiring advocate for children with cancer, and the driving force behind "Trevor's Law," an important bill that would give government more authority to hold companies responsible

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  • How Do We Design an Education to Employment System That Works?0

    According to a recent report from the McKinsey Center for Global Governance, 43 percent of employers say there aren't enough applicants with the knowledge and skills they need. At the same time, 75 million young people are unemployed. So, how do we solve this mismatch between workers' knowledge and skills, and employers' needs? To find the

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  • New method allows better prostate cancer testing0

    Researchers are reporting a new method that could put an end to painful prostate biopsies that miss the tumor. They’ve combined magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, with ultrasound in a way that can guide a doctor right to a prostate tumor. NBC News, 12/10/2012

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  • Concussions May Affect Kids for Months0

    Concussions in children may cause brain changes that last for months. Yahoo! News, 12/12/2012

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  • Hugh Jackman’s role of a lifetime0

    Hugh Jackman says he's doing the "role of a lifetime" as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables." The Australian actor talks about what he learned from his father about the importance of family: "My father is my rock… It's where I learned everything about loyalty, dependability, about being there day-in, day-out, no matter what." 60 Minutes,

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