How Entrepreneurs Come Up With Great Ideas

The ash left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires might be toxic, experts warn

How Entrepreneurs Come Up With Great Ideas
What checking your phone first thing in the morning does to your brain
How Entrepreneurs Come Up With Great Ideas
U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages
  • How Entrepreneurs Come Up With Great Ideas

    The ash left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires might be toxic, experts warn

    “We know it’s a lot of emotions and feelings going on that you can put down your guard, but you shouldn’t do that. Just be safe. Be careful. Put all the gear you can — at least an N95 mask, gloves — and stay safe. Because you lost your property. But you don’t want to damage also your health in the longer run.” Mohammed Baalousha, professor, environmental health sciences, University of South Carolina.

  • How Entrepreneurs Come Up With Great Ideas

    What checking your phone first thing in the morning does to your brain

    “Grabbing your phone and flooding your brain with notifications, social media feeds, or emails overstimulates your prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for decision-making and impulse control. This barrage of information can lead to mental fatigue before you’ve even gotten out of bed, making your mind feel cluttered and less focused for the rest of the day.”

  • How Entrepreneurs Come Up With Great Ideas

    U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages

    “Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States. Yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk.” Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general.

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  • A Lifeline for Widowed Fathers

    When it comes to fathers widowed by cancer, Dr. Donald Lee Rosenstein and Dr. Justin Michael Yopp say, “There is a pressing need to understand the experiences of these widowed fathers and to develop supportive interventions for them and their children." Dr. Rosenstein and Dr. Yopp formed a support group through the University of North Carolina

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  • Happiness Clubs spread positive vibes on campus

    It started with a simple idea at Northwestern University, and has caught on at several other college campuses: Create a Happiness Club as a student morale booster. These clubs provide the perfect antidote to academic stress. As Northwestern senior, Kyle Richardson put it, "It's important that people stop and realize that sometimes a smile is

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  • Living with mom? Bradley Cooper can relate

    Bradley Cooper and his mother live together to support each other during a time of great grief. The actor explains, "right now, two years after my father's death, this is where we are. My family is very close, and my dad dying was brutal for all of us. It was a schism, and its aftershock

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  • Millionaire uses fortune to help kids in struggling town

    Good for You! to self-made millionaire Harris Rosen, who's used the fortune he amassed in the hotel business to help young people in the crime-ridden Orlando, FL neighborhood of Tangelo Park. Rosen created a scholarship program to pay free tuition to Florida state colleges for any students in the neighborhood. In the two decades since

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  • Don’t Be the Office Tech Dinosaur

    More older workers are being pressured to reinvent themselves by learning to work on social media as part of their jobs. Allen & Gerritsen creative director Doug Gould, at 50 years old, shares his experiences as an older working trying to keep up with new technology. These days, older professionals like Gould are finding various

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  • Your Company Wants to Make You Healthy

    With companies facing ever higher health care costs, employers are taking action to make sure their employees take responsibility for their own health. Nearly 90% of employers now offer wellness incentives, such as cash rewards. AON health & wellness consultant, Stephanie Pronk, says, "Incentives themselves are not the silver bullet. It's really important to change up

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  • The Talking Cure for Health Care

    Improving the ways doctors communicate with their patients can lead to better health care — and lower costs. Robin Diamond, chief safety officer for Doctors Co., a malpractice insurance company, explains, "If a doctor and a patient have a strong relationship, even if something goes wrong, they are less likely to sue for it." The

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  • Reviving the family meal: It’s good for your health

    Parents and children today have extremely busy lives. Setting aside time to eat dinner together as a family, without distractions, does not always happen. But it's certainly worth doing. Recent research finds that children who have family meals are more likely to have healthy eating habits, better relationships with their parents, and perform better academically.

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  • The texting dead

    What are the consequences of being constantly connected? Tweets, texts, e-mails, Facebook, and other means of social messaging are taking more of people’s time these days. How does this affect the quality of our relationships?

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  • New Mission for Sandy Hook Teacher Kaitlin Roig

    As a result of the devastating tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, Sandy Hook teacher Kaitlin Roig has created a new website called Classes 4 Classes. The website's goal is to teach every child to have a genuine interest in the well-being of others through a platform that actively engages them with

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  • Millennials spur capitalism with a conscience

    Millennials  are demanding capitalism with a conscience, and some of America's biggest brands are delivering. Good for You! to the founder of Panera Bread, Ron Schaich, who has created Panera Cares restaurants, where anyone can come to enjoy a meal. What's different about these particular restaurants is that customers pay whatever they can afford. The first Panera Cares opened in St. Louis

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  • Supermodel Niki Taylor reaches out to blood donors who helped save her life

    At a recent luncheon at the American Red Cross offices in Atlanta, Niki Taylor, a famous model who has been on the cover of over 300 magazines, was able to meet and thank some of the blood donors who helped save her life after the horrific 2001 car accident that left her with severe liver damage.

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  • Happy wife, happy life: A willingness to help out with the housework is the key to a good marriage, new survey reveals

    According to a study conducted by Utah State University and the University of Missouri, couples who do housework together are more likely to have a good relationship, while those who split chores or who don't divide them equally will find marriage harder to cope with. And it's not just about sharing chores: making time together

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  • Laughter Is Sexy and Good for Relationships

    Pragito Dove, a meditation expert, master trainer, and international speaker, says that laughter is good for us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

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  • Docs say keep trained eye on possible concussions

    The American Academy of Neurology has put out new guidelines saying that athletes with suspected concussions shouldn't resume playing until they've been fully evaluated and cleared by a doctor or other professional with concussion expertise. Associated Press, 3/19/2013

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