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A big push for a different birthing experience
- Home & Family
- July 6, 2013
Los Angeles Times, 6/22/13While some women opt to have their babies at home, some are looking to redefine the more traditional experience of giving birth in a hospital by bringing movement into the delivery room. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s new “Rock-and-Roll” program encourages women to move and change positions about every 20 minutes, since staying in
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Jennifer Hudson’s tips for a healthy life with splurges
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- July 6, 2013
Award-winning singer Jennifer Hudson dropped from a size 16 to a size 6 after the birth of her son in 2009, explaining that living a healthy life “is really about finding balance.” Hudson shares her secrets for maintaining a healthy life and weight, managing stress and fitting exercise into a busy schedule.
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Going the Distance: Biking 900 Miles, Raising $156k for Young Sandy Victim
- Making a Positive Difference
- July 6, 2013
It all started when Kaete Nazaroff came across a Facebook page dedicated to 2-year-old Tripp Halstead, who suffered from a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a tree limb during Hurricane Sandy.
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Social media could be teen suicide prevention tool
- Home & Family
- July 3, 2013
New research has found that young adults who are feeling suicidal tend to show signs through text messages and social networking sites, demonstrating how important it is for family and friends to pay attention to those signs. Oftentimes teens post how they are feeling or share song lyrics that may hint at suicide. “It leads
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Most Americans work on vacation, say researchers
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- July 3, 2013
A new study by Harris Interactive has found that 54% of Americans say their boss expects them to work while on vacation. This may be due to the fact that many people have a hard time breaking their regular work routine, or the rise in mobile technology that allows us to work virtually anywhere.
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The Truth about Your Eggs
- Environmental Well-Being
- July 2, 2013
In order to avoid putting unwanted things into your body during breakfast, it’s important that you pay attention to where your eggs come from and understand how to read egg labels and jargon. Arsenic, which is linked to various forms of cancer, could be in your eggs; it is added into feed to stimulate growth in hens.
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Johnny Carson’s vintage interviews will air on TCM
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- July 2, 2013
Were you a fan of Johnny Carson, the King of Late Night, and his interviews on NBC’s The Tonight Show? Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is bringing Carson’s interviews, many of which have not been seen since they originally aired, back into the spotlight with Carson on TCM, a new weekly series.
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Digital Dementia On The Rise In South Korea; Childhood Internet Addiction Must Be Addressed, Experts Say
- Home & Family
- June 29, 2013
A study in South Korea has found that the rise of smartphone use by young people is causing what’s known as “digital dementia,” a deterioration of cognitive abilities and functioning that results from constantly spending time in front of digital screens and the internet. “Overuse of smartphones and game devices hampers the balanced development of
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The Power of a ‘Project Beard’ and Other Office Rituals
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 29, 2013
Enlarge Image According to new research from Harvard Business School and other universities, employees who engage in ritualistic behavior before taking on a difficult task tend to be less anxious, get more involved and also tend to perform better than those who don’t have a ritual. At Salo, LLC, a wall-sized whiteboard that’s used
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Backup singers get their time in the spotlight
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 26, 2013
We all know what it’s like to have a catchy refrain to a popular song stuck in our heads, but have you ever thought about who’s singing the lines with your favorite artists?
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Dr. Oz on the Real Threat to the Sopranos
- Health & Healing
- June 26, 2013
Dr. Mehmet Oz reflects on the untimely death of actor James Gandolfini, reminding us not to ignore the most obvious risk factor that may have caused the actor to have a heart attack at the age of 51: obesity. More than two-thirds of people in the U.S. are overweight, but many are hesitant to address
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James Gandolfini dead at 51: Beware the symptoms of heart disease
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- June 26, 2013
While his age and the fact that we was overweight were risk factors, it’s unlikely that James Galndolfini died of a heart attack at the age of 51 without having experienced previous symptoms.
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Eat Your Sunscreen
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 25, 2013
Did you know that applying sunscreen is not the only way to protect your skin from the sun’s damaging rays? Tanya Zucherbrot, a registered dietician, explains that certain foods can help protect you from harmful UV rays because they are high in antioxidants. Foods like blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, apples and tomatoes are great summer snacks
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Unpaid Internship? Some Colleges Pick Up the Tab
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 25, 2013
Many students are willing to accept unpaid internships to gain experience, but some schools are now stepping up to provide stipends to compensate those students. Schools like Washington & Lee University, Hamilton College, University of Richmond, and Defiance College are implementing this new practice, hoping to give students the opportunity to gain valuable
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The Science of Siblings
- Home & Family
- June 25, 2013
The relationships that we have with our siblings may last longer than any other relationships that we have in our lives, and the impact that our siblings have on us doesn’t stop in adolescence. We’ve all heard the usual stereotypes associated with birth order: the first born is a high-achiever, the middle children tend to
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