Does a four-day school week help or harm?0
- Home & Family
- September 1, 2011
The debate over sending kids to school fewer days a week continues, posing the question, "Is less more?" NBC Nightly News, 8/31/2011
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Tying Health Problems to Rise in Home Foreclosures0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 1, 2011
New research by economists Janet Currie of Princeton University and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University, along with personal stories of people faced with foreclosures, links the housing crisis to more hospital visits for hypertension, anxiety, and suicide attempts. Currie is quoted as saying, "You see foreclosures having a general effect on the neighborhood. Everybody
READ MORELinda Ellerbee takes to Nickelodeon to explain Sept. 11 anniversary, story in kid-friendly format0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- September 1, 2011
For 20 years, Linda Ellerbee has been producing TV programs for kids explaining difficult issues. Her Nickelodeon special on 9/11 will air Thurs. Sept. 1 at 9:00. She is quoted as saying: "I tell kids that even on the worst days there is always good… On 9/11, one of the worst things happened. But it
READ MOREFluid that ‘magically’ rebuilds teeth could make the dentist’s drill obsolete0
- Health & Healing
- September 1, 2011
Breakthrough dental technology attacks the first signs of tooth decay, rebuilding the tooth from within. Mother Nature Network, 8/24/2011
READ MORESingle and Seriously Ill: Care Circles Fill In For Family0
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 30, 2011
When elderly people become ill, family are not the only people they can count on. Lucy Whitworth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, recalls an inspiring story about how 49 strangers helped her when she had no family to turn to for support. MSNBC, 8/29/2011
READ MORENew numbers on America’s struggle with obesity0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- August 26, 2011
Debrorah Roberts reports on a Lancet study projecting how many more Americans will be obese in 2030. Some companies are being pro-active, offering their employees cash incentives to take better care of themselves. According to the report, a worker is "four times more likely to lose weight if you get paid for it." Companies are
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