Here’s your health insurance. Now step on the scale.
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 9, 2012
In today's workforce, more employees are being asked to take medical tests and to exercise, participate in disease-management programs and quit smoking to qualify for hundreds, even thousands of dollars' worth of health insurance premium or deductible discounts. Proponents say such health plans offer people a financial incentive to make healthier choices and manage chronic
READ MOREKitchen cures doctors swear by
- Health & Healing
- April 9, 2012
Here are some home remedies and healing ingredients, like honey, peppermint oil, and meat tenderizer, that can actually help heal minor ailments. CNN/ Health.com, 4/3/2012
READ MORE10 Hilarious Celebrity Public Service Announcements
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- April 2, 2012
When celebs speak out about causes close to their hearts, they often do it with a sense of humor. Here's a roundup of ten of the best funny celeb PSAs, which tackle everything from the environment to healthcare to voting. EcoRazzi, 3/29/2012
READ MORE‘Massive’ credit card data breach involves all major brands
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 2, 2012
A data breach at a payments processing firm has potentially compromised credit and debit card information from all of the major card brands, including Visa and MasterCard. CNN, 4/2/2012
READ MORESleep Apnea Linked to Depression
- Health & Healing
- April 2, 2012
A new study found that breathing problems while sleeping are linked to depression. ABC News, 3/30/2012
READ MORESearching for the why behind rising autism rate
- Home & Family
- April 2, 2012
New government research shows that the rate of autism has increased. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its newest study on the rate of autism among 8-year-olds, showing that 1 in 88 has some form of the disorder. Previously, it was 1 in 110. Researchers are trying to find out the
READ MOREFDA won’t ban BPA from food packages; Environmental groups charge bisphenol-A is a hormone-disrupting chemical
- Environmental Well-Being
- April 2, 2012
For now, products containing bisphenol-A, a chemical found in food packaging, food containers, and other materials, will continue to appear on US store shelves. The government claims there isn't enough proof that BPA causes harm to humans. NY Daily News, 4/2/2012
READ MOREAward-Winning Teacher Uses Medical Crisis To Instill Life’s Lessons
- Making a Positive Difference
- April 2, 2012
In 1999, teacher Nicole Waicunas suffered from a brain hemorrhage and was told by doctors that she would never teach again. Years later, she is teaching English at Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT and is one of 10 teachers across the nation honored with the 2012 Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award for
READ MOREFacebook Passwords: Employers and Schools Demand Access; Facebook and Senators Respond
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- March 29, 2012
Find out what to do if a potential employer insists on having access to your Facebook account. Senators are saying that it may actually be illegal to demand facebook passwords. ABC News, 3/26/2012
READ MOREThe Brain on Love
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- March 29, 2012
"If you're in a committed relationship, holding your partner's hand is enough to subdue blood pressure, ease stress, improve health and lessen pain." Research is being done on what is described as the brand new field of interpersonal neurobiology– how the brain is affected every day by our relationships– starting first with our relationship with
READ MOREForging Social Connections for Longer Life
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- March 29, 2012
New York Times, 3/26/2012
READ MORERobert Redford’s ‘Watershed’ Documentary Raises Awareness For Worldwide Water Conservation
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- March 29, 2012
Actor and director Robert Redford, a longtime environmental activist, has teamed with his son to film a documentary about the Colorado River system, which conservationists believe is endangered by decades of development and global warming. Redford, 76, who lives in Utah, traveled to Washington, D.C. along with Jamie Redford, a Northern California Resident, to discuss
READ MORESteps Set for Livestock Antibiotic Ban
- Health & Healing
- March 29, 2012
The practice of feeding antibiotics to promote growth has led to a judge’s order that moves toward ending that use of the drugs. New York Times, 3/24/2012
READ MOREOperation Paws
- Making a Positive Difference
- March 29, 2012
Christina Beckles, an ex-Golden Gloves boxing champion, now spends her time and money saving abandoned and abused dogs from a beach in Puerto Rico. New York Times, 3/24/2012
READ MOREDeaf Restaurateur Listens to Her Heart
- Making a Positive Difference
- March 22, 2012
Melody Stein never let being deaf get in the way of her dream of opening a restaurant. She and her husband, Russell Stein, are the proud owners of Mozzeria, a gourmet-pizza restaurant in San Francisco. They are likely the first deaf people to open a restaurant in the Bay Area, and one of very few
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