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Fewer People Will Have Employer Health Insurance, CBO Projects
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- February 12, 2013
As "Obamacare" kicks in, a growing number of Americans will move away from employer-provided health insurance plans, according to the latest forecasts from the Congressional Budget Office. CNN Money, 2/8/2013
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Penn State postman delivers lesson in happiness
- Making a Positive Difference
- February 12, 2013
Beloved Penn State postman Mike Herr has had a profound influence on the customers who've waited on his line at the post office over the years- simply by speaking to every one of those customers with genuine kindness. Mike lives by a simple motto– to always find something nice to say to someone. "You really have
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These Doctors Make Condo Calls
- Health & Healing
- February 12, 2013
At the Edge — two buildings in Brooklyn with about 565 condo units — a program called Your Well-Being has been offering on-site consultations with medical doctors, as well as services like nutrition counseling, acupuncture, chiropractic treatment and personal fitness training. The program is offered by an amenities company called American Leisure, who believe they are
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The business of happy families: Family Inc.
- Home & Family
- February 12, 2013
The modern workplace has developed lots of tools for promoting cooperation and teamwork, says Bruce Feiler, and we can use them at home too. A new generation of parents is taking solutions from the workplace and transferring them to the home.
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Protecting Your Privacy on the New Facebook
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- February 8, 2013
Facebook’s new search tool can allow strangers to discover who you are, what you like and where you go. Sarah Downey, a lawyer with the Boston company Abine, which markets tools to help users control their visibility online, advises, “It is more important than ever to lock down your Facebook privacy settings now that everything you
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Hospitals Try House Calls to Cut Costs, Admissions
- Health & Healing
- February 8, 2013
Many hospitals are now bringing back house calls, partially because they're facing financial penalties for re-admitting certain patients soon after discharge. Hospitals are also dealing with growing pressure to keep patients with chronic illness from being admitted in the first place. The Wall Street Journal, 2/5/2013
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Effective Addiction Treatment
- Health & Healing
- February 8, 2013
Many people addicted to drugs and alcohol have managed to overcome their addictions and stay clean, with the help of very structured organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous as well as thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction. However, many other addicts have failed at achieving sobriety… and it is most likely not
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Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets
- Home & Family
- February 8, 2013
According to a report in the Journal of Adolescence, teens who share their secrets are more confident in social situations than others who keep secrets to themselves. The Wall Street Journal, 2/5/2013
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Should Doctors and Patients Be Facebook Friends?
- Health & Healing
- February 7, 2013
Social media has become the go-to communication tool, but is Facebook and Twitter an appropriate way for doctors to interact with patients? There are concerns about protecting patient's privacy and maintaining appropriate boundaries between professional and social relationships. Kansas family physician, Dr. Brull, claims her small-town practice inevitably gives her social contact with many patients,
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Why Stress Makes You Sweat
- Health & Healing
- February 7, 2013
Sweat is an all too familiar result from stress, and researchers have been diving deeper into the reasons for this. Scientists believe stress-sweat has an evolutionary role in sending warning signals to those around us. The brain reacts negatively to a stranger's body odor; meanwhile, the scent of a family member can be calming to
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In Hard Economy for All Ages, Older Isn’t Better … It’s Brutal
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- February 4, 2013
As it turns out, Americans closest to retirement- Baby Boomers in their 50s and early 60s– may have been hardest hit by the recession. They don't yet have access to Medicare and Social Security, and they've lost the most earnings power of any age group, with their household incomes 10 percent below what they made three years
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Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions
- Home & Family
- February 4, 2013
The parents of Richard Fee, who committed suicide in November 2011, say they begged their son's doctors not to prescribe Adderall, an amphetamine to which Richard had become addicted. Richard's story highlights widespread failings in the psychiatric system through which five million Americans take medication for A.D.H.D. Although the medications can significantly improve the lives of people
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Spread the Love: The Health Benefits of Bonding
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- January 28, 2013
An expert in the field of positive psychology, Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, has written a new book, Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become. Fredrickson explores the perks of bonding with everyone around you and suggests that true love isn't just about romance, companionship, or fondness; fundamentally, it springs from something she
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Health and Environment: A Closer Look at Plastics
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 28, 2013
Plastics have transformed modern society, providing many benefits but also destroying waterways and aquifers, depleting petroleum supplies and disrupting human health. Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, has co-written a new overview on the risks and rewards of plastics in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health. Halden suggests strategies to mitigate negative impacts through reconsideration
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David Parsons Attempts To Break Most Hugs In One Day Guinness World Record, Gives 3,162 Hugs
- Making a Positive Difference
- January 27, 2013
On a mission to break the Guinness World Record for giving the most hugs in one day, David Parsons was inspired by his friend who died of cancer to raise money for Grants Wishes, a nonprofit that helps children battling cancer. Huffington Post, 1/22/2013
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