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NASCAR Driver Brian Scott’s Emotional Wedding Vows Go Viral
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- March 2, 2015
NASCAR driver Brian Scott did something so sweet and unexpected during his wedding ceremony a year ago January to his now bride, Whitney, that everyone in attendance was moved by it.
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All it took was one dollar and a post-it note to inspire others
- Making a Positive Difference
- February 27, 2015
Sometimes it doesn’t take a lot of money to make a difference in the lives of those going through challenging times. Just ask the owner of a pizza place in Philly.
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When No One Showed Up to Autistic Boy’s Birthday Party, Strangers Saved the Day
- Making a Positive Difference
- February 27, 2015
Glenn Buratti invited all 16 of his kindergarten classmates to his birthday party. But imagine how the 6-year-old, who is autistic, felt when nobody responded to the invitation or showed up. His mother, Ashlee, later told ABC News: “He was so devastated when he realized no one was coming to his birthday party that he
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When Grief Won’t Relent
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- February 20, 2015
What does it do to your health when you just can’t get over the loss of a loved one? Mourning and grieving after the loss of a loved one is a normal and challenging part of life. There are no words that ease the pain. What does make a difference is time, along with the caring and support of friends and family.
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Love and laughter: A recipe for this long-lasting marriage
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- February 19, 2015
Actor Alan Alda achieved fame in the 1970’s with his starring role in the hit TV series M*A*S*H. While fame can be fleeting, as the saying goes, both his acting career and his marriage have been keepers. New York Times writer Lois Smith Brady talked to Alda and his wife Arlene, who are going to be celebrating their 58th anniversary, about their long-lasting marriage.
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Nestlé removing artificial flavors and colors from its chocolate candies
- Environmental Well-Being
- February 18, 2015
Good for You to Nestlé for agreeing to take artificial flavors and colors out of their chocolates.
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Rekindling first love later in life
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- February 18, 2015
What is it about the power of lost love? Read the stories of people who have reconnected years later and rekindled meaningful relationships from their past.
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Our Amazingly Plastic Brains
- Health & Healing
- February 10, 2015
If one day there was a drug on the market that could decrease your chance of developing dementia by 60%, would you consider taking it? But there is something we can all do right now, which is one of the interesting points made by Dr. Norman Doidge, author of The Brain’s Way of Healing.
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How much sleep do you need? An expert panel releases its recommendations.
- Health & Healing
- February 10, 2015
Are you getting enough sleep? Did you know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers insufficient sleep a public health epidemic? For this reason, The National Sleep Foundation recently updated its recommendations on how many hours of shut-eye each age group needs.
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Toddler food often has too much salt, sugar, CDC study says
- Health & Healing
- February 5, 2015
Do you check the nutrition labels before buying packaged meals and snacks for your young children? Would it surprise you to know that a majority of cereal bars, snacks and dinners for toddlers and infants contain way too much sugar and salt?
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Girl asks late dad for a sign and gets one: Kind strangers answer ‘letter to heaven’
- Making a Positive Difference
- January 21, 2015
There isn’t a day that goes by that 16-year-old Ashlynn Marracino doesn’t think about her father, who died in 2008, and wish she could talk to him. So each year on his birthday, she releases a balloon with a note to her dad on it.
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How to avoid products with toxic bisphenol-s
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 21, 2015
When buying products made of plastic, do you look for ones that say BPA-free? Well it turns out that the chemical bisphenol-S (BPS), the alternative to BPA, isn’t necessarily safer when it comes to our health. New research shows that BPS can also disrupt the hormone levels in our bodies and can be detrimental to the developing brain.
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Tot Therapy: Psychiatrists Join Up With Pediatricians
- Home & Family
- January 16, 2015
Parents may wait for the next appointment with the pediatrician to discuss symptoms of anxiety or mental health problems they’ve observed with their child. It’s likely that a busy pediatrician will only spend a short time with the child before recommending a child psychiatrist or psychologist.
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Revlon Removes Toxic Ingredients From Beauty Products Following Petition By Environmental Working Group
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 14, 2015
How carefully do you look at the ingredients in the cosmetic products you buy? Would you be surprised to learn they may contain chemicals harmful to your health? Revlon recently announced that it will remove a chemical that releases formaldehyde and two long-chain parabens from its products. That decision came after more than 100,000 people signed a petition by the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG).
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Message to Self: In 2015, Stop Texting While Walking
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 12, 2015
How often do you text while walking and find yourself oblivious to what’s going on around you? It happened to New York Times writer Nick Bilton one time too many. After literally colliding head-on into another man who was also not paying attention because he too was busy texting, Bilton decided it was time for a New Year’s resolution: Make a conscious effort to stop what research has shown has become an all too common practice for many.
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