Probiotics’ Benefits May Be More Than a Gut Feeling
- Health & Healing
- November 30, 2012
Probiotics are widely used to aid digestion and help restore gut bacterial balance after antibiotics. But some researchers are investigating the beneficial bugs for conditions that have nothing to do with the digestive tract. The Wall Street Journal, 11/27/2012
READ MOREMarine helps vets find work rebuilding after Sandy
- Making a Positive Difference
- November 30, 2012
Good for You to Kevin Schmiegel for helping veterans take the skills they learned in the military and get back into the workforce. Schmiegel is connecting service members with employers, and rebuilding the Jersey shore in the process. It's a win-win, because there are so many people in storm-ravaged areas who could use veterans' skills
READ MOREShowing Gratitude at the Office? No, Thanks
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 28, 2012
Of all the places where people express gratitude, the workplace is dead last, according to a survey conducted this year by the John Templeton Foundation, a nonprofit organization that sponsors research on gratitude and other topics. One reason for the lack of gratitude in the workplace is a widespread assumption among managers that setting tough goals
READ MOREThe benefits of gratitude
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 21, 2012
With science supporting the idea that being grateful is good for us, three personal stories illustrate the importance of the gift. Chicago Tribune, 11/17/2012
READ MOREGupta: Let’s End the Prescription Drug Death Epidemic
- Health & Healing
- November 21, 2012
It's the biggest man-made epidemic in the United States: accidental death from prescription drug overdoses. A person dies every 19 minutes, on average, from an accidental prescription drug overdose. This is a problem that affects celebrities, returning veterans, and everyday people who get caught up in taking pain pills and other prescription drugs and eventually become
READ MORE10 Germiest Places in a Restaurant (Hint: Bathroom Isn’t No. 1)
- Environmental Well-Being
- November 20, 2012
ABC News Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy went undercover at 10 restaurants in three states and took swab samples from 10 surfaces at each restaurant. Then the New York University Microbiology Department lab tested the samples. After reading these results, you may never feel the same about handling a restaurant menu. It turns out, sometimes the spotless-looking surfaces
READ MOREHow to stay healthy, happy through the holidays
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- November 20, 2012
Though it’s supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year,” many people feel anxious, sad, and perhaps a bit heavier than usual during the holidays. Dr. Mehmet Oz shares his tips for focusing on health as the season approaches. TODAY, 11/12/2012
READ MOREThe Sign That Inspired Nia Vardalos to Become a Parent
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- November 20, 2012
Thanks to a Los Angeles billboard that read “Want to be a foster parent? Want to foster/adopt?,” the acclaimed actress and her husband now have a daughter to call their own. Guideposts Magazine Online, 11/15/2012
READ MOREGiuliana Rancic: How I got through the tough stuff
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- November 20, 2012
TV personality Giuliana Rancic battled infertility, miscarriage and then cancer. If you haven't been through a miscarriage, just listen. Don't say, "It's going to be OK," says Rancic. Cancer-free for one year, and with a baby through a surrogate, she now says, "Life is good." CNN/ Health.com, 11/12/2012
READ MOREMaking Small Business a Cause
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 20, 2012
Big businesses reaching out to help smaller businesses, which has come into vogue since the depression, is the latest example of what is known in corporate circles as cause marketing — hitching a brand to a social issue. “Brewing the American Dream,” a program Boston Beer established with a microlender, Accion, to help small businesses,
READ MOREMatthew ‘Medical Matt’ Kraushar comes to the rescue of stranded Red Hook residents after Hurricane Sandy paralyzes Brooklyn neighborhood
- Making a Positive Difference
- November 20, 2012
Kraushar, 26, organized an army of 60 volunteers, saved an 80-year-old man who was having a heart attack, and rushed an oxygen tank to a woman who would've died without it. Good for You to Krausher, who is now being referred to by the nickname "Medical Matt" in his adopted Brooklyn, NY neighborhood of Red Hook.
READ MOREThe World of Giving: “50 States for Good” Announces Those Organizations Doing the Most Good
- Making a Positive Difference
- November 13, 2012
Tom's of Maine recently announced the winners of its fourth annual "50 States For Good: Growing Good Works One Community at a Time" contest. The 51 finalists (one organization per state, plus the District of Columbia) were voted on by the public. The top six will share a $150,000 prize for supporting "healthy, human and environmental
READ MORE10 shocking medical mistakes
- Health & Healing
- November 13, 2012
Medical errors kill over 250,000 people in the United States yearly. Fortunately, though, there are strategies you can use to help doctors and nurses avoid mistakes. CNN, 11/5/2012
READ MORECameron Diaz shares thoughts on sex, acting and fitness
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- November 13, 2012
Cameron Diaz recently wrote a book on health and fitness, aimed at teens. She says, "it's not about what I eat or do what I do. It's really about the information, so that young girls and women can look at it and make their own choices. I'm excited about my discipline [which revolves around] a
READ MORETangled Web: Is it possible to be addicted to the Internet?
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 13, 2012
A growing number of scientists and addiction specialists say that it is possible to become addicted to the Internet. NBC News’ Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks to people who say they are living with an Internet addiction and visits a unique rehab facility designed to treat them. NBC Rock Center, 11/9/2012
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