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Diane Sawyer reports that more and more people are talking about the need for families to have "the conversation" about end-of-life care. Her news segment and the accompanying article show how this kind of conversation plays out in the case of one particularly loving family. ABC News, 10/9/2012
READ MORESo far, 11 people in 10 states have died and 119 are ill from fungal meningitis that was apparently caused by contaminated injections of a steroid used to treat pain. The outbreak is part of a complex issue that involves compounding pharmacies that are only partially regulated by the FDA, as well as a rise
READ MOREDuring October – National Stop Bullying Month – Rush has teamed with an organization called Hey U.G.L.Y. to stage anti-bullying assemblies at high schools around the country. Rush has recently penned several songs aimed at combating high school bullying, of which she was a victim. NY Daily News, 10/2/2012
READ MOREA study from UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health was recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The senior study author, Kim Harley, adjunct associate professor of public health and associate director of CERCH, said in a press release that BPA is everywhere in our environment, with more than 90 percent of women of
READ MOREJoli Russo, whose parents are both cancer survivors, has participated in fund-raising fashion shows for children with cancer and celiac disease, and both she and her mom give time to the Howard Beach Cancer Research Foundation. Joli and her mother also volunteer at the River Fund, a food pantry on Coney Island. Joli wears her
READ MORE"It's healthy to emotionally eat once in a while—to eat for comfort, to celebrate, or just because," says Jean Fain, a psychotherapist affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the author of The Self-Compassion Diet. "Sure, you could go for a walk or head to the gym, but sometimes an ice cream sundae is just the
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