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DIFFERENCE in the lives of others?
Rand Corp's report on workplace well-being– a 6 billion dollar industry– casts a doubt on the effectiveness of employee wellness programs. Keith Lemer, president of Wellnet, says it takes "senior level support and a high degree of employee engagement in healthy behaviors" for wellness programs to truly work. Although the report found that
READ MOREIn Venezuela, David France studied El Sistema, a community music education program that brings instruments and instruction to underprivileged kids. Now, David uses the money he makes playing the violin to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started in the disenfranchised inner-city community of Roxbury, MA. Jose Duarte, principal of Dearborn Middle School,
READ MOREResearchers at the Mayo Clinic and other institutions are finding that exposure therapy (which slowly exposes patients to the things they are anxious about) can be highly effective in helping children overcome anxiety. Teenager Georgiann Steely overcame her anxiety this way by taking part in a Mayo Clinic exposure therapy program where her parents acted
READ MOREThe decline of eye contact- in both work and social settings- is a growing problem, and it's having a negative effect on our ability to influence, impress, and connect with others. The Wall Street Journal, 5/28/2013
READ MOREMarc Neikrug, a composer of contemporary classical music who has performed in both the New York Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra, says of his most recent composition, Healing Ceremony, "I started thinking about people who get sick — not just cancer — but anytime someone finds out from their doctor that something is really wrong
READ MOREThese days, the beauty aisles can be extremely confusing and sometimes deceiving, as "natural" does not always mean the same thing for all cosmetics. "There is no clear-cut, universal definition of the term natural," explains cosmetic chemist Jim Hammer. Read on for helpful tips on the best kinds of plant oils, fruit and vegetable dyes,
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