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Students Stepping Up the Kindness!
- Making a Positive Difference
- October 10, 2012
This video of a group of Kansas State students who, back in 2010, spent their time figuring out how they could do good around their school, is still inspiring people today. These 100 students pooled their time, money, and creativity and started the morning of the first day of school by performing random acts of
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Nothing says you rock at your job like a LinkedIn Endorsement
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- October 10, 2012
All it takes is a few clicks to pay someone a compliment — and potentially help them get hired. What an easy way to make a positive difference in someone else's life! Chicago Tribune, 10/4/2012
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Three Generations Gather for End-of-Life Conversation
- Home & Family
- October 10, 2012
Diane Sawyer reports that more and more people are talking about the need for families to have "the conversation" about end-of-life care. Her news segment and the accompanying article show how this kind of conversation plays out in the case of one particularly loving family. ABC News, 10/9/2012
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Mom’s BPA levels linked to son’s thyroid problems
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 5, 2012
A study from UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health was recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The senior study author, Kim Harley, adjunct associate professor of public health and associate director of CERCH, said in a press release that BPA is everywhere in our environment, with more than 90 percent of women of
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Big Heart, Big Town: At 9, Miss New York wages war on cancer as her crowning achievement
- Making a Positive Difference
- October 5, 2012
Joli Russo, whose parents are both cancer survivors, has participated in fund-raising fashion shows for children with cancer and celiac disease, and both she and her mom give time to the Howard Beach Cancer Research Foundation. Joli and her mother also volunteer at the River Fund, a food pantry on Coney Island. Joli wears her
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Are Pesticides the Greatest Threat to Your Kids’ Health?
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- October 5, 2012
Are organic foods healthier for you? In this episode of the Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Oz agrees with guest Dr. Alan Green, a well-known pediatrician and author, that a headline-grabbing recent study- stating that organic foods are no healthier than non-organic foods- was misleading. Dr. Green explains that organic foods are grown without hormones, anitbiotics
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Thanks to Caine’s Arcade, Kids Across the World Are Creating Cardboard Wonderlands
- Making a Positive Difference
- October 2, 2012
9-year-old Caine Monroy, about whom we've written in the past, has now inspired young inventors to use their imaginations and take part in the Global Cardboard Challenge. In the Caine’s Arcade School Pilot Program, over 100 schools in nine countries participated in a viewing of the video about Caine and then worked with cardboard as a way to teach math,
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The Perils of Texting While Parenting
- Home & Family
- October 2, 2012
Are too many parents distracted by mobile devices when they should be watching their kids? A recent rise in injuries, reversing the longstanding trend, has doctors worried the answer is yes. The Wall Street Journal, 9/29/2012
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Why patients don’t report medical errors
- Health & Healing
- September 28, 2012
Many of the people who suffer harm while undergoing medical care do not file formal complaints with regulators. The reasons are numerous: They’re often traumatized, disabled, unaware they’ve been a victim of a medical error or don’t understand the bureaucracy. NBC News, 9/26/2012
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Bulimia Is Everywhere: What the Heck Is Going on?
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 28, 2012
In the past week alone, Katie Couric spoke out about her past battle with bulimia in an interview with Demi Lovato– a young star who, herself, is at the center of the eating disorder conversation- AND Lady Gaga spoke out about her struggle with anorexia and bulimia after being criticized for gaining weight. Blogger Stephanie Armstrong explores
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Environmentally Conscious Companies Have More Productive Employees
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 28, 2012
A recent study from researchers at UCLA found that businesses that follow "green" standards have employees that are 16% more productive than less sustainable companies. Apparently, if a company is trying to be better for the planet, its workers will strive to be better for the company. Fast Co.Exist, 9/19/2012
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And the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 are…
- Making a Positive Difference
- September 27, 2012
CNN's global audience nominated the top ten CNN Heroes of 2012 based on their efforts to make a positive difference in the lives of others. These ten everyday people, representing six countries and four continents, will receive $50,000 and a chance to be the CNN Hero of the Year. All ten Heroes will be honored at
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Does GMO Corn Really Cause Tumors in Rats
- Environmental Well-Being
- September 26, 2012
This week, a French research team published a paper in a peer-reviewed US journal showing that rats exposed to low doses of both genetically modified corn and the widely used herbicide Roundup had negative health effects. The results, already generating plenty of debate, are not as clear-cut as they seem at first glance. But they do shine
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‘Broken heart’ syndrome can be triggered by stress, grief
- Health & Healing
- September 26, 2012
Many people, most often women, suffer from broken heart syndrome after experiencing extreme fear, stress or sorrow. NBC News, 9/24/2012
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Letting Children Share in Grief
- Home & Family
- September 26, 2012
As Rabbi Grollman, 87, who wrote the influential 1967 book “Explaining Death to Children,” said, “Thirty years ago, there was the idea that children couldn’t understand… But now, after a death in the family, many parents allow children to see their grief… We try to avoid fairy tales and half-truths.” After all, avoiding the reality
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