Making Progress Against Clutter
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- May 3, 2012
Jane Brody writes about not only decluttering the things in your life, but making room for real conversation and communication with the people who matter to you. The New York Times, 4/30/2012
READ MOREUntested Chemicals in Beauty Products?
- Environmental Well-Being
- May 3, 2012
Find out what chemicals are in your cosmetics, hair and other personal care products– from lead in lipstick to formaldehyde in hair and nail products, to diethyl phalate in perfume. According to Janet Nudelman, spokeswoman for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition that advocates for safer cosmetics and hygiene products, “The problem is that
READ MOREEvery Body Walk With The Cast Of The West Wing
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- May 3, 2012
An all-star cast from the award-winning television series The West Wing reunited for a Funny or Die public service announcement that launched yesterday for Every Body Walk!, an inspiring campaign about the health benefits of walking. Every Body Walk! aims to get people up and walking – 30 minutes a day, five days a week –
READ MOREMade in America: Global Companies Expand in U.S. Towns
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 3, 2012
Global Foundries, which makes semiconductors, has helped breathe life into the small town of Malta in upstate New York with new jobs and training programs at area schools. The town has been transformed economically because of their commitment to getting this global company to pick their town for a new factory. Germany's Siemens, Scandinavia's Electrolux,
READ MOREU.S. obesity costs soar as nation packs on pounds
- Health & Healing
- May 3, 2012
CBS News, 4/30/2012
READ MORESeniors receive ‘wish of a lifetime’
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 3, 2012
A former NFL player and Olympian who founded the nonprofit Wish of a Lifetime is making dreams come true for senior citizens, such as the 94-year-old WWII veteran who got to return to France with his French wife and visit the cemetery where his war buddies were buried. NBC News, 4/30/2012
READ MORETweens’ Secret Lives Online
- Home & Family
- May 3, 2012
Parents checking Facebook are seeing only the tip of the iceberg. Katherine Rosman looks at all the other places where kids go online and the new groups that are teaching kids to better navigate this world. The Wall Street Journal, 5/2/2012
READ MORE‘What Were You Thinking?’ For Couples, New Source of Online Friction
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 28, 2012
The rise of social media — where sharing private moments is encouraged, and provocative and confessional postings can help build a following — has created a new source of friction for couples: what is fair game for sharing with the world? If one half of a couple is not interested in broadcasting the details of
READ MOREHeavy Backpacks Can Spell Chronic Back Pain for Children
- Home & Family
- April 28, 2012
The New York Times, 4/23/2012
READ MOREAre Berries the New Brain Food?
- Health & Healing
- April 28, 2012
New evidence suggests that strawberries and blueberries eaten regularly may help preserve brain function. ABC News, 4/26/2012
READ MOREGlobal Medical Relief Fund still going strong
- Making a Positive Difference
- April 26, 2012
Elissa Montanti, a New Yorker worried about children injured and disfigured in war, started an organization and has now brought more than 150 children to America for treatment, all of them cared for by doctors, nurses and hospitals volunteering their time. Thanks to increased donations, her organization is now able to provide the children with
READ MOREPatients in the Dark on Medical Costs, Study Finds
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 25, 2012
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco found that medical costs vary wildly from hospital to hospital. People often fail to ask ahead of time what a procedure is going to cost, and then they suffer from sticker shock when they get the bill, especially if insurance isn't picking
READ MOREPumping Iron to Prevent Dementia?
- Health & Healing
- April 25, 2012
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that what helps the brain most is resistance training, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada. ABC News, 4/23/2012
READ MORESelena Gomez named Seacrest charity ambassador
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- April 25, 2012
The entertainer will highlight the plight of seriously ill and injured children as the spokesperson for the Ryan Seacrest Foundation. Mother Nature Network, 4/22/2012
READ MORESome question whether sustainable seafood delivers on its promise
- Environmental Well-Being
- April 25, 2012
A new study by German scientists found that of seafood stocks for which data was available, almost a third labeled "sustainable" by the Marine Stewardship Council are actually overfished. The Washington Post, 4/22/2012
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