Gracie McNulty fulfills dead dad’s wish by giving out Christmas dinners to homeless

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

Gracie McNulty fulfills dead dad’s wish by giving out Christmas dinners to homeless
What checking your phone first thing in the morning does to your brain
Gracie McNulty fulfills dead dad’s wish by giving out Christmas dinners to homeless
U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages
  • Gracie McNulty fulfills dead dad’s wish by giving out Christmas dinners to homeless

    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.

  • Gracie McNulty fulfills dead dad’s wish by giving out Christmas dinners to homeless

    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.”

  • Gracie McNulty fulfills dead dad’s wish by giving out Christmas dinners to homeless

    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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  • The Lost Art of the Handwritten Note

    There's no denying the wonders of electronic messages, but nothing captures a moment like putting pen to paper. Research conducted at the University of Virginia in 1989 found that at state schools where bad handwriting was specifically addressed and improved, the pupils had better reading skills, better word recognition, better compositional skills and better recall

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  • The Strange Link Between Your Heart and Depression

    A new study by Danish researchers shows that elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels—a marker of inflammation used to predict heart problems—are associated with an increased risk for psychological distress and depression. Men's Health, 12/24/2012

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  • Sweet Tweet: Join Kelly Rowland and Get Healthier with Commitment Day

    Commitment Day is a year-round movement to unite Americans in making personal commitments to a healthier lifestyle. Recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality Kelly Rowland (of Destiny's Child, The X Factor, etc.)  is joining with MusicCares for the movement, and she's actively encouraging people to participate. She is even offering a code on her website so that

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  • Laws of Physics Can’t Trump the Bonds of Love

    Teacher Jeffrey Wright inspires his students every year with his lecture about his son (who has a rare developmental disorder) and the meaning of life, love, and family. The New York Times, 12/25/2012

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  • Staying Independent in Old Age, With a Little Help

    As people live longer, dilemmas about living arrangements for the elderly are becoming increasingly common. Money is often an issue, along with the desire to remain independent. Many older people living independently need outside help long before they require round-the-clock care, and a range of assistance and housing alternatives has rapidly sprung up to meet

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  • Smarter Ways to Discipline Children

    Techniques that psychologists often use effectively with the most difficult kids, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, can work well on typical kids, too. Approaches, with names like "parent management training" and "parent-child interaction therapy," are backed up by hundreds of research studies, but their tactics remain little known among

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  • Pesticide Used by Farmers is Linked to Long-Term Brain Damage

    A new study suggests an alarming link between low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides – the most widely used insecticides in the world – and long-term brain damage. The Ecologist, 12/14/2012

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  • ‘Duty’ kid: Game over

    A 12-year-old from Newtown, CT decided to stop playing violent video games after the tragedy in his town. Now he's trying to get other young people to follow his example by throwing away their violent video games at a dump site. The boy's parents helped him to set up a Facebook group called "Played Out"

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  • How to Raise Giving Children

    In a time when families are struggling to make giving part of their budget, with donations still 11 percent below pre-recession rates, childrens' generosity is more heartening than ever before. Here are some ways for kids to give back — with or without money — at every age. The Huffington Post, 12/18/2012

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  • Stop Mocking the Gym Majors

    Once the butt of jokes, college athletes who study kinesiology are now landing high-paying jobs. The commercial and academic value of exercise studies is dramatically increasing. The Wall Street Journal, 12/20/2012

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  • Surgeons Still Make Preventable Mistakes

    Researchers at John Hopkins University have found that within the past 20 years, there were close to 10,000 reported instances when a foreign object was left in a patient, the wrong surgery was performed, or the surgery was performed on the wrong patient or wrong part of the body. These surgeries cost the healthcare industry

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  • Caregiver lives rerouted yet enriched by aging parents

    According to data from the National Alliance for Caregiving, an estimated 65 million people in the U.S. are unpaid family caregivers. Many baby boomers are caregivers for elderly parents, and they have to adjust life plans accordingly. They face their own set of unique challenges, physically and emotionally.  CNN, 12/11/2012

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  • How to talk to kids about school shooting: controlling your fears, calming theirs

    As countries around the world mourn the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Conn., parents are struggling to figure out how to talk to their children about what happened. Psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz says parents definitely need to talk to their children about the shooting, because "it's such a huge story, it's better that they hear

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  • How Christy Turlington Is Using Her Star Power To Help Mothers Around The World

    Former supermodel Christy Turlington Burns is helping to bring aid and awareness to the hundreds of thousands of preventable pregnancy-related deaths around the world. In 2003, Turlington Burns experienced life-threatening post-partum hemorrhaging. She recovered, but the experience got her thinking, “What would have happened to a less fortunate woman?” What she discovered changed her life:

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  • The Boy on the Lake

    At only 13, Trevor Schaefer was diagnosed with brain cancer. Not only did Trevor end up beating the cancer — he found a calling. Now 22, Schaefer is an inspiring advocate for children with cancer, and the driving force behind "Trevor's Law," an important bill that would give government more authority to hold companies responsible

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