Bully victim’s poem prompts healing after 25 years
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 24, 2012
Lynda Frederick's poem about being bullied in a California school 25 years ago has brought her former classmates to tears. Now, they're creating a scholarship fund in her name and have raised $800 to fly her back to California for a class reunion. This will give her a chance to visit her father's grave, which
READ MOREFinal resting place: Cemeteries lack oversight
- Home & Family
- May 22, 2012
Is enough being done to protect bereaved families? Anderson Cooper investigates big profits and big problems in the burial business. He uncovers the unfortunate truth that at some cemeteries, graves have been desecrated, with workers digging up hundreds of bodies and dumping them into mass grades in order to resell the plots. 60 Minutes, 5/20/2012
READ MORERare disease or fake illness?
- Health & Healing
- May 22, 2012
Dr. William Gahl, director of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the National Institutes of Health, explains why mysterious ailments are sometimes mistaken for hypochondria. 60 Minutes, 5/20/2012
READ MOREUmbilical cord blood test could reveal how susceptible your baby will be to colds
- Home & Family
- May 22, 2012
Washington University School of Medicine has developed a technique for testing that has found that babies are more likely to suffer from viruses if they produce low levels of a specific immune boosting protein. Daily Mail, 5/18/2012
READ MOREMichael J. Fox looks past stem cells in search for Parkinson’s cure
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- May 22, 2012
Michael J. Fox, whose turn from Parkinson’s disease patient to scientific crusader made him one of the country’s most visible advocates for stem cell research, now says of the controversial therapy, "There have been some issues with stem cells, some problems along the way… Other avenues of research have grown and multiplied and become as
READ MOREMan donates Kmart items worth $20k
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 22, 2012
The latest "Making a Difference" segment on NBC News profiles a Kentucky businessman who spent just under $20,000 at a Kmart close-out sale and then generously donated the goods to a local charity. NBC Nightly News, 5/18/2012
READ MOREHis profit, your problem: While Mark Zuckerberg has made billions, Facebook users have been paying with their privacy
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 22, 2012
Considering the fact that more and more companies are checking the Facebook posts of potential employees and even asking for their passwords, people now need to be even more careful to make sure they don't post any photos or personal information about themselves online that could cost them a job. The fact that there is
READ MORE‘Fat Tax’ to Lower Obesity
- Health & Healing
- May 17, 2012
Adding a high tax on unhealthy food and drinks may help slow the rising rates of obesity, according to a new study published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal. Many health professionals, however, question how helpful the tax would be. Keith Ayoob, associate professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, believes that
READ MORESmall town bank puts people before profits
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 17, 2012
The small Bank of Cattaraugus in western New York has held its community together and supported local businesses and families for 30 years. Its owner, Patrick J. Cullen, remains unimpressed with the exotic financial engineering of bigger institutions. The Bank of Cattaraugus is a family business, with Cullen's wife Joan and daughter Colleen also working
READ MOREGap Year Momentum Grows as Studies Show Higher Performance After Delaying College Admission
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 15, 2012
College admission officers say the gap year is gaining momentum. And now, some of the nation's most competitive colleges — Harvard, Middlebury and Princeton, among others — have adopted formal policies to allow students to defer their admission. Higher education experts say that giving students an opportunity to explore the real world for a year
READ MOREHigh School Students Sign No-Tanning Pledges for Prom
- Environmental Well-Being
- May 15, 2012
High school senior Allison Bosse took it upon herself to help her classmates pledge to skip the tannning bed for prom this year. Those pledges, taken at Maynard High School in Maynard, Mass., are part of a growing trend at high schools around the U.S., aimed at educating students about the connection between tanning and
READ MOREDisabled troops inspire Gary Sinise to give back
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- May 15, 2012
Actor Gary Sinise's role as amputee "Lt. Dan" in "Forrest Gump" made him a hero to real-life disabled veterans and inspired Sinise to help build specially-designed homes for the most gravely wounded. His Gary Sinise Foundation is building special homes designed to meet the needs of veterans who come back from war missing limbs. Sinese
READ MORECutter rescued graduating cadet as a 6-year-old boy
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 15, 2012
Upon graduating from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Orlando Morel, eternally grateful and inspired by the Coast Guard's role in his own rescue, will serve on a cutter out of Florida whose mission will include migrant interdiction in the very waters where Morel was rescued nearly two decades ago. At that time, Morel was a six-year-old
READ MORESunburns, Indoor Tanning Still Pose Cancer Risk for Young Adults, CDC Warns
- Environmental Well-Being
- May 15, 2012
Just days after a federal task force urged doctors to counsel young people about the dangers of UV rays, the government is warning that roughly the same number of young adults gets sunburned as did a decade ago. The risk for skin cancer rises each time a person burns, and just one bad, blistering burn
READ MORE“Social jet lag” is a problem for most of us, and it’s fueling the obesity epidemic, study suggests
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- May 15, 2012
According to a new study, published online in the May 10 issue of Current Biology, social jet lag is a syndrome caused by the mismatch between the body's biological clock and our actual sleep schedules. Researchers recommend people spend more time outdoors in daylight or sit by a window, or else their body clock will
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